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Dorothy dedicated 95 years to Salvation Army 

A Thetford Salvation Army member, who dedicated more than 95 years to the church, has died just weeks before her 100th birthday.

Dorothy Knights first joined the Sally Army’s Sunday school at the age of four, a move that sparked a lifelong commitment to helping others, making her one of the country’s longest-serving Salvationists.
 
A few years later, she became a uniformed Salvationist and band member playing the  baritone horn, the same instrument as her father. 
 
After 80 years in the Army, she received a long-service award and she would go on to spend more than 95 years in the church in a number of roles including bandswoman, songster, Cradle Roll sergeant and home league pianist.  
 
Daughter Rosemary Snowdon told the EDP: “She became something of a celebrity in the town and we couldn’t walk anywhere with her without being stopped at least 20 times by people she knew.” 
 
She met her late husband, Russell George Knights, at Sunday school and they married in 1943 and had four children together.
 
Dorothy was awarded a Thetford Awards Recognising Achievement (TARA) in tribute to the great things she had done in the community. Rosemary said: “She always put other people first before herself and she was always looking to help someone. 
 
“She was a very caring member of the community and very committed to her religion and the Salvation Army. She was a remarkable woman who touched the lives of so many people.” 
 
Dorothy died on March 24 at her home, aged 99, and leaves behind her children, seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.  A well-attended funeral took place at the Salvation Army Citadel in Thetford on April 11.
 
Pictured above is Dorothy Knights in her Salvation Army uniform. Picture supplied by family.
 
To read the full story visit EDP24.
 

 

Keith Morris, 28/04/2022

Published: 28/04/2022
Keith Morris

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