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Richard T. Kight, Brig. Gen. USAF Ret., 87, a resident of Albuquerque for 34 years, died on Sunday, June 17, 2001. He is survived by his daughters, Sally Kight Parker of Folley Beach, SC and Nancy McLaughlin and husband, Bob of Clifton, VA; son, Richard T. Kight and wife, Jane of Albuquerque; granddaughters, Missy White of Charleston, SC, Mimi Schmidt and husband, Roy of Folley Beach, SC and Monica Shannon and husband, Bill of Falls Church, Virginia; grandsons, Cliff Parker and wife, Jackie of South Carolina, David Parker of California, CPT. John Parker and wife, Linnea of Ft. Bennig, GA, Tom Parker and wife, Amy of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Michael Parker and wife, Amanda, of Manchester, MA, Bobby McLaughlin of Plano, TX, Thomas Kight of Albuquerque, William Kight of Georgia and Andrew Kight of Albuquerque and ten great-grandchildren. Richard was known as the Father of Air Rescue and coined the motto That Others May Live. He was retired from the Air Force as a Brig. General, was a member of the Air Rescue Association, the order of Daedalials, and Sangre De Cristo Catholic Church. Mass will be celebrated Thursday, June 21, 2001, 10:30 a.m., at Sangre De Cristo Catholic Church, 8901 Candelaria Rd NE, Father Thomas Moore, Celebrant. Friends may visit Wednesday, June 20th from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at French Mortuary, Wyoming Chapel, 7121 Wyoming NE Burial will be at Santa Fe National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, 216 Truman NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108.
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