Fay Cornelia Ball King of 53 South Battery, a former actress and widow of William Bullock King, died Sunday in a local hospital.
She was on the professional stage on Broadway and elsewhere, and in the amateur theater with the Footlight Players in Charleston and the Town Theater in Columbia. She was a graduate of the Theatre Guild School in New York.
Mrs. King's husband was a journalist and served in Washington and posts overseas with the U.S. Information Service. His last foreign assignment was as counselor on foreign affairs for the U.S. Department of State at the American embassy in London.
Mrs. King worked in radio and television, and was on the public relations staff in Paris of Schiaparelli, the couturier. She was a member of the Colonial Dames, the Junior League of Charleston, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Harry W. Hickey and Mrs. Phillip Hewitt-Myring, both of Charleston.
A private funeral service will take place at the graveside, in Magnolia Cemetery, with burial directed to Stuhr's.
Obit provided by KEberle.
She was on the professional stage on Broadway and elsewhere, and in the amateur theater with the Footlight Players in Charleston and the Town Theater in Columbia. She was a graduate of the Theatre Guild School in New York.
Mrs. King's husband was a journalist and served in Washington and posts overseas with the U.S. Information Service. His last foreign assignment was as counselor on foreign affairs for the U.S. Department of State at the American embassy in London.
Mrs. King worked in radio and television, and was on the public relations staff in Paris of Schiaparelli, the couturier. She was a member of the Colonial Dames, the Junior League of Charleston, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Harry W. Hickey and Mrs. Phillip Hewitt-Myring, both of Charleston.
A private funeral service will take place at the graveside, in Magnolia Cemetery, with burial directed to Stuhr's.
Obit provided by KEberle.
Fay Cornelia Ball King of 53 South Battery, a former actress and widow of William Bullock King, died Sunday in a local hospital.
She was on the professional stage on Broadway and elsewhere, and in the amateur theater with the Footlight Players in Charleston and the Town Theater in Columbia. She was a graduate of the Theatre Guild School in New York.
Mrs. King's husband was a journalist and served in Washington and posts overseas with the U.S. Information Service. His last foreign assignment was as counselor on foreign affairs for the U.S. Department of State at the American embassy in London.
Mrs. King worked in radio and television, and was on the public relations staff in Paris of Schiaparelli, the couturier. She was a member of the Colonial Dames, the Junior League of Charleston, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Harry W. Hickey and Mrs. Phillip Hewitt-Myring, both of Charleston.
A private funeral service will take place at the graveside, in Magnolia Cemetery, with burial directed to Stuhr's.
Obit provided by KEberle.
She was on the professional stage on Broadway and elsewhere, and in the amateur theater with the Footlight Players in Charleston and the Town Theater in Columbia. She was a graduate of the Theatre Guild School in New York.
Mrs. King's husband was a journalist and served in Washington and posts overseas with the U.S. Information Service. His last foreign assignment was as counselor on foreign affairs for the U.S. Department of State at the American embassy in London.
Mrs. King worked in radio and television, and was on the public relations staff in Paris of Schiaparelli, the couturier. She was a member of the Colonial Dames, the Junior League of Charleston, and St. Michael's Episcopal Church.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Harry W. Hickey and Mrs. Phillip Hewitt-Myring, both of Charleston.
A private funeral service will take place at the graveside, in Magnolia Cemetery, with burial directed to Stuhr's.
Obit provided by KEberle.
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