Former Mayor Bud Knight participated in the annual Unlocking of the Ocean ceremony on Memorial Day Weekend in recent years.
Visitation with the family of former Ocean City Mayor Henry "Bud" Knight will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday (March 13) at The Godfrey Funeral Home, 644 South Shore Road, in Palermo.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 14, at St. Augustine Church, 13th Street and Wesley Avenue in Ocean City.
Read more: Former Ocean City Mayor Henry "Bud" Knight Dies at 82.
City Council on Thursday evening unanimously passed a resolution honoring the memory of Knight, and all those in attendance stood and applauded after it was read.
Each member of City Council spoke of their memories of Knight, and members of the city administration added their own.
"The best word that sums him up is 'kind,' " said Mike Dattilo, who worked for many years in Knight's administration. "The first thing he always said was, 'How's your family?' "
"He was always very, very supportive of the city team," Dattilo said.
"He always had an open-door policy," City Clerk Linda MacIntyre said. "All the employees were his family."
"On behalf of a grateful city, we appreciate everything he has done," Mayor Jay Gillian said.
See the full resolution honoring Knight:
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