The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-06-29
Death of Mrs. Hennie l. knight.

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ME I. Knight, the wife of Mr.. A. w.
knight, passed away. The illness Of
| Mrs. knight lasted about month,
although her health had been poor
for longer time. Only the imme-
diate family knew of the serious ma
ture of the trouble until a few days
before the end came, and the announ-
| cement of the death of this splendid
Christian woman caused great grief
throughout the entire community.
The death of Mrs. Knights mother
in March bore heavily upon her, and
| this together with the hand of dis
ease, soon proved too much for the
body, and just after the hour hand
pointed to a little beyond the sew
enth hour, the spirit left the body.
Friday afternoon a great many
friends followed the casket to South
end cemetery, where the body was
laid to rest, the funeral services of
the Methodist church being conduct
ed by Rev. w. H. Hodges, the pastor;
Rev. o. J. Frier, of the Baptist
church, offered the prayer. Flowers
were placed upon the grave by hands
of friends and the floral tributes
were many and beautiful. Two trib-
utes were especially pretty, one be-
ing placed by the Woman's Home
Missionary Society and the other be-
ing simple wreath of lilies and
evergreen, placed by the members
of the Busy BIS class, of which Mrs.
knight was the teacher. The class
marched in a body to the cemetery.
The pail bearers were as follows:
Honorary: J. H. Cope, c. R. Brab-
ham, J. A. Byrd, DR.. J. B. Black, G.
W. Rentz, D. F. Hooton. Active: A.
NJ. Brabham, G. NJ Dickinson, J. A.
Wyman, j. F. Carter, J. A. Muir
daugh, H. F. Bamberg.
Sunday afternoon at Trinity Meth
odist Sunday-school, short tribute
was paid Mrs. knight as teacher,
and out of respect to the memory of
this faithful teacher, the regular
march was dispensed with and flags
were left unused during the hour.
The other religious organizations of
which Mrs. knight was member
have also taken action of memori-
al nature in honor of their fellow
member.
Mrs. knight was born in Chester
county in this State, but had lived
most of her life in Manning, and it
was while living in that town that
she and Mr.. Knight were married.
The marriage took place seventeen
years ago, on the twenty-first of this
month, and it was on the day follow
ing this anniversary that Mrs. Knight
was called away. She was a daugh-
ter of Mrs. S. J. Legg and sister of
Mrs. R. R. Jenkinson, of Manning,
who is the only surviving member of
her mothers family.
1t was about twelve years ago that
Mrs. knight moved to Bamberg with
Mr.. knight who had just bought The
Herald; during this time she had
proven herself a woman with great
ability and disposition to be helper
in every kind of movement for the
betterment of her church and her
town. Besides being a consecrated
Christian woman, filled with devotion
to her church and all of it's interests,
such as missionary societies and Sun
day-school, she was regarded by many
as one of the most intellectual women
in the community. She had been
educated at the old Sumter Institute
which was in charge of Mrs. Brown,
and at Winthrop College, and added
to this training, she had much native
ability to plan and work out ideas.
In no place was this truer than in
the Sunday-school. Mrs. Knight was
the regular church organist at Trini-
ty for a great part of the time that
she was here, and her rendition OF
the sacred music on the pipe organ
appeared to be perfect, and the quiet,
sweet-toned selections which she used
were doubtless the best expressions
of the inward spirit and strong char
acter, which seemed to make up her
life. She held this position as organ
ist until about a year ago, when she
resigned on account of her health.
This splendid woman will be miss
ed in every department of life, and
especially will this be true in that
department where she excelled, that
of the home, where she with her hus-
band and three children, Mildred,
Aegina, and Wilkes, had lived happi-
ly together. The blow falls hardest