MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Robert “Rock” Howard, the longest-living Virginia State Police trooper, died May 5 at the age of 102.
Howard was born in Dinwiddie and lived in Highland Springs. He served 33 years with the Virginia State Police in Richmond and Fredericksburg from 1951 until his retirement in 1984.
His funeral was held Tuesday, where a Virginia State Police Honor Guard presented Howard’s family with a Virginia flag. Howard will be buried in his VSP uniform at a later date…