James Aloysius Knott

Services: A funeral Service will be held on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 9:30 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD. Interment will follow in Maryland Veteran's Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD at 11:00 AM. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Sunday January 6, 2008 from 2:00 PM-5:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home where prayers will be said at 3:00 PM. James Aloysius "Jim" Knott, 78, of Avenue, MD died December 25, 2007 at is residence. Born December 22, 1929 in Oakley, MD he was the son of the late Joseph Ambros and Ada Catherine Goldsborough Knott. He is survived by his loving companion Joyce Wood; his children Robert James Knott and his wife Cindy of Park Hall, MD, Kathryn Joy Wathen and her husband Johnson Edward of Lexington Park, MD and Chris Jennings and his wife Sue of Chicago, IL. He is also survived by his siblings; Leonard Knott and Margaret Bridgett, both of Mechanicsville, MD, Agnes McRae of Lexington Park, MD, Virginia Strain of Solomons, MD Catherine Brown of Charlotte Hall, MD and Barbara Hickey of Wichita, KS as well as 7 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister Dorothy Bowles and his brother Joseph Knott. A lifelong resident of St. Mary's County, Jim attended Holy Angels Sacred Heart School and was employed as a mechanic at Bell Motor Company for 20 years, retiring in 1982. He served in the U.S. Airforce from 1946 to 1967. He enjoyed collecting model cars and airplanes. The family will receive friends on Sunday January 6, 2008 from 2:00-5:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home where prayers will be said at 3:00 PM. A funeral Service will be held on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 9:30 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD with Fr. John Mattingly officiating. Interment will follow in Maryland Veteran's Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD at 11:00 AM. Pallbearers will be Steve Burch, Wayne Morgan, Joseph Brown, Raymond Morgan, Buddy George and Richard Wilkerson. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Knott, Johnson Wathen, Kaitlyn Wathen, Jamie Knott, Joseph Jennings and Jonathan Jennings. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.