Ellen Mae Safley King
Ellen Mae Safley King was born Nov. 2, 1919 and died Sept. 2, 2017 at NHC of McMinnville. She was a native of Morrison, graduate of Irving College High School, employee of City Bank & Trust Company, cook at Morrison School, and lifelong member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include children, John Drew King and wife Lill of McMinnville, Minnie Jane King of Knoxville, TN, Ellen Kaye Gentry and husband David of Farragut, TN, Johnny Sue Duke and husband Nile of Plano, TX, and Philip Woodson King III and wife Sharron Sue of Knoxville, TN, 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip Woodson King, Jr.; her parents, John Robert Safley and Minnie Estella Melton Safley; her daughter, Martha Jo King; her siblings, Lonnie Safley of Columbia, Marcus Safley of Nashville, Baxter Safley of Nashville, Jesse Safley of Nashville and Beatrice Safley Webster of Chestnut Mound, TN; a granddaughter, Deidra Duke, and a grandson, Jeremy Howell.
She was married to her husband Woodson March 27, 1942 and remained married to him for 66 years until his death in 2008.
Services for Mrs. King were at High's Funeral Home with burial following at Morrison Cemetery.
Southern Standard---6 Sept. 2017(edited)
Ellen Mae Safley King was born Nov. 2, 1919 and died Sept. 2, 2017 at NHC of McMinnville. She was a native of Morrison, graduate of Irving College High School, employee of City Bank & Trust Company, cook at Morrison School, and lifelong member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include children, John Drew King and wife Lill of McMinnville, Minnie Jane King of Knoxville, TN, Ellen Kaye Gentry and husband David of Farragut, TN, Johnny Sue Duke and husband Nile of Plano, TX, and Philip Woodson King III and wife Sharron Sue of Knoxville, TN, 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip Woodson King, Jr.; her parents, John Robert Safley and Minnie Estella Melton Safley; her daughter, Martha Jo King; her siblings, Lonnie Safley of Columbia, Marcus Safley of Nashville, Baxter Safley of Nashville, Jesse Safley of Nashville and Beatrice Safley Webster of Chestnut Mound, TN; a granddaughter, Deidra Duke, and a grandson, Jeremy Howell.
She was married to her husband Woodson March 27, 1942 and remained married to him for 66 years until his death in 2008.
Services for Mrs. King were at High's Funeral Home with burial following at Morrison Cemetery.
Southern Standard---6 Sept. 2017(edited)
Ellen Mae Safley King
Ellen Mae Safley King was born Nov. 2, 1919 and died Sept. 2, 2017 at NHC of McMinnville. She was a native of Morrison, graduate of Irving College High School, employee of City Bank & Trust Company, cook at Morrison School, and lifelong member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include children, John Drew King and wife Lill of McMinnville, Minnie Jane King of Knoxville, TN, Ellen Kaye Gentry and husband David of Farragut, TN, Johnny Sue Duke and husband Nile of Plano, TX, and Philip Woodson King III and wife Sharron Sue of Knoxville, TN, 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip Woodson King, Jr.; her parents, John Robert Safley and Minnie Estella Melton Safley; her daughter, Martha Jo King; her siblings, Lonnie Safley of Columbia, Marcus Safley of Nashville, Baxter Safley of Nashville, Jesse Safley of Nashville and Beatrice Safley Webster of Chestnut Mound, TN; a granddaughter, Deidra Duke, and a grandson, Jeremy Howell.
She was married to her husband Woodson March 27, 1942 and remained married to him for 66 years until his death in 2008.
Services for Mrs. King were at High's Funeral Home with burial following at Morrison Cemetery.
Southern Standard---6 Sept. 2017(edited)
Ellen Mae Safley King was born Nov. 2, 1919 and died Sept. 2, 2017 at NHC of McMinnville. She was a native of Morrison, graduate of Irving College High School, employee of City Bank & Trust Company, cook at Morrison School, and lifelong member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include children, John Drew King and wife Lill of McMinnville, Minnie Jane King of Knoxville, TN, Ellen Kaye Gentry and husband David of Farragut, TN, Johnny Sue Duke and husband Nile of Plano, TX, and Philip Woodson King III and wife Sharron Sue of Knoxville, TN, 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip Woodson King, Jr.; her parents, John Robert Safley and Minnie Estella Melton Safley; her daughter, Martha Jo King; her siblings, Lonnie Safley of Columbia, Marcus Safley of Nashville, Baxter Safley of Nashville, Jesse Safley of Nashville and Beatrice Safley Webster of Chestnut Mound, TN; a granddaughter, Deidra Duke, and a grandson, Jeremy Howell.
She was married to her husband Woodson March 27, 1942 and remained married to him for 66 years until his death in 2008.
Services for Mrs. King were at High's Funeral Home with burial following at Morrison Cemetery.
Southern Standard---6 Sept. 2017(edited)
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