Robert W

Knight

ROBERT WARREN KNIGHT 

10/13/1946 Plainfield, NJ—9/26/2026 Collins, MS

Robert ‘Bobby’ Warren Knight, 79, passed away Saturday afternoon, Sept. 26, 2026, while a resident of the Collins VA Home where he had been for several years. Bobby was a resident of Gulfport for most of his life, living there fully after his retirement. He graduated from Gulfport High School, got his Associates from MGCCC Switzer Road Campus, earned his B.S. in Finance from USM Hattiesburg and also got his Master’s Degree in Business Admin, also from USM in 1968.

After graduation, Bobby joined the US Navy, trained in South Carolina and California, and then was deployed to Vietnam, being in country in the Mekong Delta primarily in the DaNang area south of Monkey Mountain for over 18 months, where he was exposed to Agent Orange which afflicted him the rest of his life.

After 4 years in the Navy and an Honorable Discharge with several meritorious duty awards, he came back to Jackson MS and worked first for the Department of Energy, then moving to being employed by the State of MS where he worked until he retired and moved back to his old home in Gulfport. Bobby was a voracious reader and his home library was voluminous. He was a devout practicing Southern Baptist, having Handsboro Baptist Church in Gulfport as his home church for decades. He was a 33rd Degree Master Mason, a member of York Rite and Scottish Rite affiliations.

Bobby was predeceased by his parents, US Marshal Atha A. Knight & Dovie Doris Warren Knight; his lifelong friend Nancy J. Phillips. He is survived by two sisters; Betty Elaine Knight Hill (Luther) of Trinity FL; Mary Susan Knight Cain (Joey); nieces, Dawn E. Beatty (Brent) of Land O Lakes, FL; Molly C. Cain of Gulfport; nephews, J. Remy Cain III of FL; Corey A. Cain (Erin) of Nashville TN; 1 great-nephew, Hank Cain and one great-niece, Drew Cain also of Nashville; and many loving aunts, uncles and cousins.

In lieu of any flowers please make memorial donations in Bobby’s name to Handsboro Baptist Church, 1421 East Pass Rd. Gulfport MS 39507.

A service will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at Riemann Family Funeral Home, 11280 Three Rivers Road, Gulfport, MS 39503.

The burial will take place at Evergreen Cemetery at a later time.

Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, is honored to serve the family.