The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-10-04
JUDGE M'KNICHT
SUCCUMBS after
BRIEF ILLNESS
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA WAS
PROMINENT AND BELOVED
CITIZEN OF COUNTY.
SECOND TIME COUNTY JUDGE
Last Days Typified His Life Of Ser.
vice and Devotion to Duty-Fun.
eraI Thursday Afternoon at q
O'Clock First Presbyterian Church.
Wednesdays Daily Herald.)

Judge j. 7. Mcknight died this
morning at S55 o'clock of pneumonia
at his home in West End on the
Hampshire pike after an illness Of
only a few days. He was stricken
last Thursday by severe cold but
continued his work of assisting in an
swering questionnaires for September
II registrants. Upon returning home
that night he was never able again to
leave his bed. His latter days were
typical of his entire life of service and
devotion TO duty.
Judge Mcknight had just begun his
second term as judge of the county
court, having taken the oath of office
for tle second time on September 2.
He was first elected county judge in
1910 after a memorable campaign.
Soon afterwards he was married to
| Miss Brownie Giddens. After serving
seven years as county judge he was
rcnominated last November by the
Democrats of Maury county for re-
election to that office and on August
| of this year was reelected without
opposition.
The funeral will be conducted
Thursday Afternoon at o'clock from
the First Presbyterian church and
the burial will be at Rose Hill ceme-
try.
Judge Meningitis first administra-
ton was marked by progressivencss
and many improvements in the affairs
of the county, notable among them
being the purchase Of the privately
owned turnpikes, the construction
and Improvement of school buildings,
the location of the Middle Tennessee
experiment station at Columbia, aid
to The Kings Daughters hospital and
the Tennessee Orphan Home, employ
ment of county farm and home demon
stration agents, and extensive public
health and rural sanitation work.
During his administration the coun-
tvs financial affairs were greatly i'm,
proved.
But Judge Meningitis efforts did
not cease with the performance of his
duties as an official He was always
active in every public cause and
since the beginning Of the war gave
unstintedly of his time and his ability
to patriotic causes, making numerous
addresses throughout the county
which have been responsible in
large measure for the high morale of
the people of Maury. He was cam.
paign manager of the last Red Cross
war fund campaign, which resulted in
remarkable success, the county's
quota being over-subsoribed under his
efficient management. He was also
active in War Savings and Liberty
Loan campaigns, and as member OF
the legal advisory board in the selec-
tive service rendered invaluable as
sistance to many rcsistrants in an
swering their questionnaires.
AS an active member of the local
council of the Junior Order of Ameri-
can Mechanics he was exceptionally
prominent and participated in many
patriotic activities of that organiza-
ton. He was looked upon by every
member Of that order as one in whom
implicit confidence could be placed,
and his leadership in any cause was
an assurance of success. He was also
active as a member of other fraternal
orders and in all affairs of public
veal.
James Trimble Mcknight was born
March 4, 1878, in Marshall county.
His parents were j. G. and Josie
Davis Mcknight. He was educated in
the public schools of Marshall county
and the Ilaynes-McClean preparatory
school OF Lcwisburg, finishing his
academic training at 'Transylvania
College, Lexington, Ky. He then at
tended the Cumberland University law
school where he received his law de-
gree. Soon afterwards he came to
Columbia to practice his profession
and was rapidly advancing as an at
torney when he was elected county
judge in 1910.
The death of Judge Mcknight was
shock to the entire community and
soon after the sad news became cur
rent there was a perceptible pail OF
sorrow throughout the city. His ill
ness had been so brief that it was
scarcely known that he was in danger
and the suddenness of his death was
therefore all the more shocking. He
is survived by his wife and parents
and two brothers, Joseph and Thomas
Mcknight. both Of Marshall county.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted at O'Clock Thursday after.
noon from the First Presbyterian
church by DR.. J. c. Molloy, assisted
by Dr. S. ID. Logan and DR.. Geo. o.
Watts. The members of the Columbia