Roland-Knight-Obituary

Roland D. Knight Sr.

Richmond, Virginia

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Roland D. Knight Sr., age 85, of Richmond, passed away Friday, July 8, 2005. He was a retired Richmond City policeman. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth S. Knight; two sons, Roland Knight Jr. and wife, Barbara, and Lloyd Knight; one daughter, Betty Graham; nine grandchildren, ten...

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Dearest Grandma,
My heart breaks for you and your loss. Never have I seen a love so great than what I witnessed growing up with such wonderful granparents. I know you have plenty of loving memories as we all do and have been blessed with one of the most awesome men God created. We love you. God will comfort you and bless you.

So sorry to hear about your lost

Elizabeth:

God has blessed you and Roland with many years of marriage and a long list of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. This is one of the blessings of longevity in love.
May you be comforted by your family and the many friends that these years have amased.

On behalf of the Richmond Retired Police Officers Association we thank you for the years we worked with and knew Roland.

May God grant you comfort and peace.
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So sorry to hear of your loss. I worked with "RD" as we called him, for many years. He was an inspiration to many of us as younger officers. He had a great sense of fairness and never an unkind word. I think he was a fine officer...

May God be with you during this sad time.

I am sorry to hear of you loss. I worked with Roland for many years. I respected him, and I alway enjoyed talking with him.

Dear Family,

R.D. was a mentor of mine. As a rookie cop I was assigned to ride with him on numerous occasions. He didn't teach me how to be a policeman from a textbook but from years of attendance at the school of hard knocks. He taught me practical, commonsence strategies that made me a decent officer. I had a reasonable degree of success during my time with the Bureau and I often called R.D. for advice and counsel in making command decisions that affected the street cop. He...

I am sorry for your loss. I worked with Roland when I first joined the department and had a lot of respect for him. His family is in my prayers.

"R.D." will be missed. I worked with him for several years and will miss him also at the retiree`s meetings.

Roland will be missed. I worked with him for many years, and I looked forward to seeing him at the retirees lunches. Roland was a true gentleman always.