Amy Cadwell Obituary

Amy Hampton Knight Cadwell DENVER, CO - Amy Hampton Knight Cadwell, 42, beloved wife of David Vance Cadwell and mother of Shepard Tate Cadwell (6) and Harmon Blake Cadwell (2) died in Denver, Colorado, on July 22, 2014, of a mysterious and insidious lung disease. Mrs. Cadwell was born on March 11, 1972, in Carbondale, Illinois, to Jami Rollo and Robert Marsden "Monty" Knight. She grew up in Summerville and graduated in 1990 from Summerville High School, where she was a member of the high school band. Amy was also a member of the South Carolina Episcopal Youth Commission. "Hampton," as she was often called by her friends, was a graduate of the University of South Carolina in Columbia where she was in the marching band and served as president of her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. While in college, Amy worked in the office of state senator, Mike Rose. Following graduation from USC, Amy received a fellowship from her sorority to serve as a chapter advisor at Marist College while attending Union Theological Seminary in New York City. In subsequent years, Mrs. Cadwell has served as a consultant to Kappa Kappa Gamma, conducting professional development workshops for young women on college campuses throughout the United States. From 1995-2002, Amy worked as an editor for Harper-Collins, Penguin-Putnam and Simon and Schuster publishers in New York City. While working for Simon and Schuster, Amy was the editor of the 2001 publication, "In the Company of Men", the story of Nancy Mace's experience as the first female cadet at The Citadel. Amy Hampton Knight and Citadel alumnus, David Vance Cadwell, were married in The Citadel chapel on October 28, 2005, and have since made their home in Denver. A devoted wife and mother, Amy was employed as marketing director at Granite Loan, a national real estate consulting firm in Denver. She was a member of the Junior League. Mrs. Cadwell was predeceased by her grandparents, James M. and Mildred Rollo and Robert W. and Grace Knight and by her late father-in-law, Donald Cadwell. She is survived by her husband and young sons, her parents and step-mother, Jackie Knight; her mother-in-law, Julia Cadwell; her brother, James Rollo Knight, and nephew, Jackson Rollo Knight, of Chicago; her aunts, Cathy Earnhart and Suzanne Stuckey and their families; sister-in-law, Jill Bradley and her family; step-sisters and step-brother Lisa Thomas, Kathryn Sherrod, Dr. Will Edwards and their families. Amy Hampton Knight Cadwell was a day-brightener in the lives of her family and many friends who grieve her untimely death. She was as lovely on the inside as on the outside of her life; she was artistically talented, a genuine, authentic person, assertive and encouraging, with a great sense of humor and a contagious laugh. Amy was a radically committed Christian, a feminist and a Democrat. In the words of the Cistercian Monk, Thomas Merton, with respect to the tragic circumstances of her death: "The mature person is not someone for whom there are no more scandals or mysteries." Or as St. Paul declares: "If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's" (Romans 14:8). A memorial service for Mrs. Cadwell was held in Denver on August 1, and a local celebration of her life will be held in the spring of 2015 at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Summerville. At that time it will be announced where local gifts may be made to honor her memory. Tributes to Amy can be found on her Facebook page. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston