was born March 27, 1919 in Ravendon to the late Mose and Bertha (Wilson)
King.
He was a retired carpenter, a WWII Army veteran and a member of
the First Baptist Church in Imboden.
In addition to his parents, Mr. King was preceded in death by his
wife, Sylvia (Morris) King; and infant son; three brothers, Marvin, John
and Jesse King; and one sister, Kathryn King.
Survivors include four sisters, Pearlie Hirsch of Ravendon, Thelma
Berry of O'Kean, Irene Baird of Williford and Maudie Leninger of
Schenectady, N.Y.; three brothers, Willie King, Claude King of Aurora,
Ill. and Luther King of Pocahontas; three sons, Claudia Carl King of
Burchtree, Mo., Donald E. King of Bono and George Wayne King of
Harrisburg; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was 3 p.m. Tuesday at Jackson's Harrisburg Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Terry Herndon officiating. Interment was in
Bolivar Cemetery near Harrisburg.
Pallbearers were his grandsons.
Arrangements by Jackson's Harrisburg Funeral Home.
was born March 27, 1919 in Ravendon to the late Mose and Bertha (Wilson)
King.
He was a retired carpenter, a WWII Army veteran and a member of
the First Baptist Church in Imboden.
In addition to his parents, Mr. King was preceded in death by his
wife, Sylvia (Morris) King; and infant son; three brothers, Marvin, John
and Jesse King; and one sister, Kathryn King.
Survivors include four sisters, Pearlie Hirsch of Ravendon, Thelma
Berry of O'Kean, Irene Baird of Williford and Maudie Leninger of
Schenectady, N.Y.; three brothers, Willie King, Claude King of Aurora,
Ill. and Luther King of Pocahontas; three sons, Claudia Carl King of
Burchtree, Mo., Donald E. King of Bono and George Wayne King of
Harrisburg; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was 3 p.m. Tuesday at Jackson's Harrisburg Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Terry Herndon officiating. Interment was in
Bolivar Cemetery near Harrisburg.
Pallbearers were his grandsons.
Arrangements by Jackson's Harrisburg Funeral Home.
Family Members
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David Marvin King
1914–1979
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John Elbert Melvin Price King
1916–1974
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Pearly A. King Hirsch
1921–2020
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Virginia Irene King Baird
1923–2015
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Jessie Lee King Sr
1924–1992
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Willie Moses King Sr
1926–2017
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Thelma Betty King Berry
1929–2011
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Luther Almond King
1931–2020
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Maudie May King Leininger
1933–2013
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Claudie King
1935–2010
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Katherine Inez King
1938–1971
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