KING, Sr., Rufus Elizondo "Buck" of Rockdale. Age 79. Died 12/28/1980 (Sunday) in Richards Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services held (Tuesday) in Phillips & Luckey Chapel. Burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Bro. Johnnie Anders of Church of Christ officiated.
He was BORN 1/6/1901 in Milam Co. to M/M. Rufus Luther & Ida Mae Stephens King. Married Alice Hunt in 1924 in Rockdale. He was a lifelong Rockdale resident. He was employed with Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad for 53 years before retiring. Member of Murray Street Church of Christ. Preceded in death by a son, Robert Denson "Denny" King in 1952.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mrs. Alice Hunt King of Rockdale; son Rufus Elizondo King, Jr. of Beaumont; daughter, Opal Mae Irwin of Pulaski, PA.; niece, Barbara Jean Nelson of Rockdale; number of nieces and nephews; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.
He was BORN 1/6/1901 in Milam Co. to M/M. Rufus Luther & Ida Mae Stephens King. Married Alice Hunt in 1924 in Rockdale. He was a lifelong Rockdale resident. He was employed with Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad for 53 years before retiring. Member of Murray Street Church of Christ. Preceded in death by a son, Robert Denson "Denny" King in 1952.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mrs. Alice Hunt King of Rockdale; son Rufus Elizondo King, Jr. of Beaumont; daughter, Opal Mae Irwin of Pulaski, PA.; niece, Barbara Jean Nelson of Rockdale; number of nieces and nephews; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.
KING, Sr., Rufus Elizondo "Buck" of Rockdale. Age 79. Died 12/28/1980 (Sunday) in Richards Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services held (Tuesday) in Phillips & Luckey Chapel. Burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Bro. Johnnie Anders of Church of Christ officiated.
He was BORN 1/6/1901 in Milam Co. to M/M. Rufus Luther & Ida Mae Stephens King. Married Alice Hunt in 1924 in Rockdale. He was a lifelong Rockdale resident. He was employed with Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad for 53 years before retiring. Member of Murray Street Church of Christ. Preceded in death by a son, Robert Denson "Denny" King in 1952.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mrs. Alice Hunt King of Rockdale; son Rufus Elizondo King, Jr. of Beaumont; daughter, Opal Mae Irwin of Pulaski, PA.; niece, Barbara Jean Nelson of Rockdale; number of nieces and nephews; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.
He was BORN 1/6/1901 in Milam Co. to M/M. Rufus Luther & Ida Mae Stephens King. Married Alice Hunt in 1924 in Rockdale. He was a lifelong Rockdale resident. He was employed with Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad for 53 years before retiring. Member of Murray Street Church of Christ. Preceded in death by a son, Robert Denson "Denny" King in 1952.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mrs. Alice Hunt King of Rockdale; son Rufus Elizondo King, Jr. of Beaumont; daughter, Opal Mae Irwin of Pulaski, PA.; niece, Barbara Jean Nelson of Rockdale; number of nieces and nephews; 4 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren.
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