Mr. ROBERT ALLEN KNOWLES Jr.

AZLE -- Robert Allen "Bob" Knowles Jr., 67, executive chief deputy in the Tarrant Count Sheriff's Department, passed away Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. Service: Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2100 N. Davis Drive, Arlington. Interment will follow in Moore Memorial Gardens. Family and friends will gather from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Great Room at Robertson Mueller Harper. A native of Quanah, Bob was born Oct. 29, 1947, to Robert Allen Knowles and Emily Ann Leyendecker Knowles. His career in law enforcement took him to the Dallas Sheriff's Department for 27 years and the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department for the last 14 years. His unsurpassed knowledge of jail operations will be greatly missed. Survivors: In addition to his wife, Marie Knowles, he is survived by son, Robert Allen Knowles III and wife, Judy; daughters, Heidi Knowles Ely and husband, Michael, Jenny Knowles Causey and husband, Andy; grandchildren, David and Celeste Knowles, Emily, Shelby, Bailey and Braden Causey: sister, Laura Knowles; niece, Ellen Byers; nephew, John McClung; sister-in-law, Jean McClung. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Mr. ROBERT ALLEN KNOWLES Jr. please visit our Sympathy Store.