Mr. King passed away Sunday evening, July 2, 2017 at Baptist-East Hospital in Memphis.
A native of Henderson County, TN, he had lived here since childhood. His father and mother were the late Ervin Lee and Mary Lou Evans King.
A 1965 graduate of Bolivar Central High School, he worked as a house painter for 46 years with David Hampton and then with David Holmes. On Monday, February 26, 1968, he married Marie Harrigan King, who survives. He was a volunteer for the Toone Fire Department for many years, attended Maple Springs Baptist Church and enjoyed gardening, fishing and watching westerns in his leisure time.
In addition to his wife, he leaves his daughter, Lesa (Wayne) Gonyaw of Toone; his two sons, Scott (Wendy) King and Jeff (Amanda) King, both of Toone; two sisters, Linda Gayle (Jerry) Richardson of Doniphan, MO and Mary Frances (Lavern) Doyle of Silerton; one brother, John William (Annie) King of Sherwood, AR; eight grandchildren, Whitney (David) Dunn, Steven (Brooke) Cox, Jr., Mary Leanna Marie King, James David King, Harley Aidan King, Joannie Denise King, Jayden Lee King and Jaxon Elisha King; and great-grandchildren, Jameson David and Waylon Benjamin Dunn, Avery Lee Cox and "one on the way".
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Larry Wayne and J. W. King.