Dr. Roland Knight of Greenville, SC, died August 21, 2018. Born on June 4, 1928 in southern Greenville County, he was the son of Robert Arnold Knight and Mary McKittrick Knight. Valedictorian of the Class of 1945, Honea Path High School, he graduated from Duke University in 1948 and the Medical College of South Carolina in 1952. Dr. Knight trained as an Orthopedic Resident at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. His training was interrupted when he was called to active duty in the US Air Force and was stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas from 1954 to 1956. He retired with the rank of Captain. His final year of residency was at Shriner’s Hospital in Greenville with Drs. Frank Stelling and Leslie Meyer. In 1958, Dr. Knight began the practice of orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. He was on the staff of Greenville Health System and St. Francis Hospital for more than 50 years and enjoyed his association with outstanding colleagues. He served as the orthopedic consultant to the Clemson University Athletic Department from 1959 until 1989. Throughout his career, he was honored to treat athletes from Furman University, Presbyterian College and many other colleges and high schools throughout the region. Dr. Knight was an active participant in the training of new orthopedic surgeons with the Greenville Health System. He was a Past President of the Medical Staff at Greenville Hospital System and a member of numerous professional associations. He was a founding member of the American Academy of Sports Medicine. For more than 20 years, he was an active volunteer physician at the Greenville Free Medical Clinic. For many years he was an elder at First Presbyterian Church Greenville and in later years an active communicant of Christ Church. Roland was a member of the Greenville Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow, the St. Andrews Society and the Poinsett Club. He particularly enjoyed his weekly Bible study with a group of men at Christ Church and his participation in the orthopedic journal club at Greenville Health System. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Katherine Graves Knight, two daughters Elizabeth “Libby” Knight Borders (Ford) and Frances Knight Taylor, and two sons Roland M. “Rick” Knight, Jr. (Pam) and Robert A. “Bob” Knight (Barbara) all of Greenville. Eight grandchildren also survive. They are Blanding Fowler, III (Melissa) and Blair Fowler Young (Donnie), Roland M. “Ro” Knight, III (Landrum), Reeves M. Knight (Katie Beth), Robert Marion “Rob” Knight (Carsen), Jackson G. “Jack” Taylor, Anna E. Knight and Jean F. Knight. Five great-grandchildren also survive, Mackey Ann and Millie Kate Fowler and Roland M. Knight, IV, Henry E. Knight, and Reeves M. Knight, Jr. A sister Mary Jean Timmerman of Clinton, SC and many nieces and nephews also survive him. He was predeceased by his brother Allen and sister Betty Sue.