CAMBRIDGE: Charles Edward McKnight, 53, of Cambridge, Ohio (Guernsey County) passed away on Monday, June 3, 2013.

He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio on December 21, 1959, a son of Charles E. McKnight Jr. of Waverly, Ohio and the late Kathleen (Campbell) McKnight.

Mr. McKnight was a graduate of Waverly High School in 1978, then Ohio University in 1984 and Capital University Law School in 1988.

He was an Attorney-at-Law with his own practice in Cambridge, Ohio for 21 years.
He was a member of St. Benedict Catholic Church where he was a volunteer. He was a a board member of the Cambridge Performing Arts Centre, a member of the Guernsey County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association.
In addition to these accomplishments he considered his greatest achievement his three sons.

Surviving are: his father, Charles E. McKnight Jr. of Waverly, Ohio; wife, Laurie (Rochon) McKnight of Cambridge whom he married on February 16, 1991; sons, Matthew, Jeffrey and Gregory McKnight, all of Cambridge; four sisters, Julia (Eldon) Pittenger of Jackson, Ohio, Karen (Tom) Tiefert of Greenwood, Indiana, Lois (Jim) Rapp of Waverly, Debi (John) Saczawa of Powell, Ohio; a brother, John (Nancy) McKnight of Haymarket, VA; his mother- and father-in-law, Edward (Judie) Rochon of Westerville; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Charles was preceded in death by two brothers, Byron McKnight and Paul McKnight.

Visitation will be on Wednesday, June 5th, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Bundy-Law Funeral Home.
The Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday at Christ Our Light Parish at 11a.m., with the church open at 10 a.m.

Mr. McKnight's online tribute wall may be viewed and signed at www.bundy-lawfuneralhome.com.



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