James Thomas Knight
, Kentucky
Dear Dad,On October 11, 2026, I said goodbye to you, and you crossed over into your next adventure.Most people knew you as “Texas Jim Knight.” To me, you were Dad—a man whose life was filled with western movies, music, stages, and stories from a lifetime of adventures.You were born James Thomas Knight on October 19, 1947, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to Mary “Elizabeth” Johnson and Thomas Edward Knight. You spent your childhood there, but your fascination with western movies, acting, and singing began early. As soon as you were old enough, you went looking for adventures and a life as an entertainer.That search led you to Tommy Scott’s Old Time Medicine Show and took you across the United States and Canada. In 1975, while performing in Grafton, North Dakota, you met my mom, Donna Fay Severson. You married in 1979, and I was born in 1983, your only child.After you and…