Richard A. Knotts

To my dad who I will miss. My mentor. The one person who I knew I could go to for the best advice if I had to talk to someone. He was my hero. I looked up to him with the most respect. The last days of my dad's life struggling with liver cancer, seeing him that way was very hard. My dad tried to prepare me as much as anyone can prepare. We talked about a lot of things; he was worried about me and I reassured him that I was going to be fine and a lot of people were waiting for him. My mother...

Papaw...You're finaly going home and Mamaw and dad will be waiting for you with open arms.

Although I'm happy about this, my own jealous reasons want you here a little longer. I'm never ready to say goodbye. I love you always.
~Matt

We will miss Richard as we do Midge.
Richard and Midge spent a lot of Christmas with us.
We had the same grand children Jason,Matthew,Toysa, and great grand children Austin,Christian and Owen. I am so glad that we are close to Debbie. I know she knows that we are here for her.
Midge and Richard were our friends and we will miss both of them.
They were loving people.

I cannot begin to express the depth of my sympathy for Dick's family. Dick was the greatest life-long friend I will ever have. I have so many memories of our friendship, from working together to building race cars together to growing old together. Dick was the best man I know and I will honor and cherish his memory forever.

"Hi babe"...that was the way I was greeted by my papaw for as long as I can remember. Mamaw always said that I was "Angel #1", because I was older and Angela was "Angel #2", because she was the youngest. They would tell me stories about my dad. I could sit and listen to them all night. It made me so proud when they told me how much I looked like him or that I acted like him.
Mamaw, Papaw, dad...I love you and miss you all so much.
~Dirl

Our hearts and Prayers are with you in your loss. Pats always talking about Dick and how much fun they had at Seelye Ford.

Richard & Midge and their children Rick & Deb became a part of my family when I was only about 10 or 11 years old. When I think think of Richard, I think of his great sense of humor and his pride in his children and grandchildren

Jason, Matt and Toysa are my niece and nephews, and I am so happy that they had Midge and Richard for grandparents. "Mamaw and Papaw" adored their grandkids.

They are greatly missed.

Please accept our hearltfelt sympathy in your loss. We have very fond memories of the years we knew Dick and "Midge".