Alethia Ann "Annie" Maynor was the second child born to William H. & Elizabeth Cox Maynor. William H. Maynor was an Attorney. William H. Maynor, Esquire, was very successful with substantial real estate holdings.

Alethia comes from distinguished Colonial era and Pre/Post American Revolutionary War era bloodlines.

Notable ancestors include Col. Miles Cary, Esquire, whose "descendants left an indelible mark on the development of this nation" (from Windmill Point Historical Marker, Virginia); Maj. Thomas Cary; Capt. Miles Carey Sr, Atty; Cary Cox Sr Revolutionary War Patriot; Henry Maynor, Revolutionary War Patriot and Capt. Richardson Rountree Revolutionary War Patriot. All are documented with either or both the Son's of the American Revolution or Daughters of the American Revolution.

Alethia first married Solomon McIntyre about 1845 in probably Russell County, Alabama. After Solomon died about 1851 she married a second time to Gary King April 18, 1852 in Russell County, Alabama.

Her husband Gary King is the descendant of Col. Benjamin Exum (though records tying Col. Exum's daughter Martha to John King are not yet proven) who fought in the battle of Camden in the Revolution and also appears as his county's representative at the first North Carolina State Constitutional meeting which met shortly after the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

About 1873 Alethia and family moved first to Hinds County, MS then to Lincoln County, MS. She and her husband, Gary King are named in her fathers probated will in Alabama.

Alethia is last noted living with her husband Gary and their last child "Kate" in the 1900 Census of Lincoln County, MS, They had been married for 50 years and she was the mother of 14 children.