ON WEDNESDAY ,JANUARY 6,2021, SAMUEL BARTHOLOMEW "SB" KING,JR. PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78.
SB WAS BORN THE YOUNGEST SON OF SAMUEL "BUSTER" KING,SR. AND NETTIE BLOW KING ON JULY 2, 1942 IN NICHOLLS, GEORGIA. AT A YOUNG AGE SB WOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF St. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH. HE GRADUATED FROM CARVER HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVED FROM 1964 TO 1966. HE WOULD SERVE A TOUR IN VIETNAM. UPON RETURNING HOME FROM THE SERVICE SB WOULD WORK SEVERAL YEARS AT JEFFERY METALS IN DOUGLAS, HE ALSO WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER, HAULED PULPWOOD WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER HA, AND WORKED AS A LINEMAN FOR PIKE ELECTRIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HE WOULD ALSO RUN A NIGHTCLUB.
SB ENJOYED FISHING AND WOULD GO WEEKLY UNTIL HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL HIM. HE ENJOYED A GOOD GAME OF BID WHIST. HE WAS AN AVID SPORT FAN AND ENJOYED A GOOD WESTERN.
SB WAS MARRIED TO BARBARA ANN DUNNAM FOR 51 YEARS, SHE WOULD PRECEDE HIM IN DEATH BY TWO DAYS.
SB WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: BUSTER AND NETTIE KING; HIS WIFE: BARBARA ANN; ONE SISTER: JUANITA SMITH; THREE BROTHERS: VERNON WOODURY, HERBERT "HA" KING, AND CHRISTOPHER "JACK" WOODBURY.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY FIVE DAUGHTERS: SHELIA(ULYSSEE)GRADY-WORTH OF NICHOLLS,GA., TERRI(DAVE)BOCCIO OF ALBANY, NY, WANDA KAY GRADY OF AUSTELL, GA., DEBBIE AND TONYEA BLASH OF MIAMI, FL.; THREE SONS: ANTHONY(CASSANDRA)DUNNAM OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FL., LONNIE(THAMARA)HOLMES OF HAMPTON, GA., AND JEFFEREY(SHELIA)BROWN OF NICHOLLS, GA.; 17 GRANDCHILDREN; 42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; THREE GREAT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHER-IN-LAW: JEROME(MOLLY) DUNNAM OF JACKSONVILLE, FL.; SISTER-IN-LAWS: GLENDA DUNNAM OF PENSACOLA, FL.; BRUNETTE MOSS KING OF FITZGERALD, GA.; SPECIAL NEPHEWS: BYRON AND ZAVIAN KING; GOOD FRIENDS: OTIS AND BETTY EVERETT; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.
SB WAS BORN THE YOUNGEST SON OF SAMUEL "BUSTER" KING,SR. AND NETTIE BLOW KING ON JULY 2, 1942 IN NICHOLLS, GEORGIA. AT A YOUNG AGE SB WOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF St. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH. HE GRADUATED FROM CARVER HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVED FROM 1964 TO 1966. HE WOULD SERVE A TOUR IN VIETNAM. UPON RETURNING HOME FROM THE SERVICE SB WOULD WORK SEVERAL YEARS AT JEFFERY METALS IN DOUGLAS, HE ALSO WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER, HAULED PULPWOOD WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER HA, AND WORKED AS A LINEMAN FOR PIKE ELECTRIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HE WOULD ALSO RUN A NIGHTCLUB.
SB ENJOYED FISHING AND WOULD GO WEEKLY UNTIL HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL HIM. HE ENJOYED A GOOD GAME OF BID WHIST. HE WAS AN AVID SPORT FAN AND ENJOYED A GOOD WESTERN.
SB WAS MARRIED TO BARBARA ANN DUNNAM FOR 51 YEARS, SHE WOULD PRECEDE HIM IN DEATH BY TWO DAYS.
SB WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: BUSTER AND NETTIE KING; HIS WIFE: BARBARA ANN; ONE SISTER: JUANITA SMITH; THREE BROTHERS: VERNON WOODURY, HERBERT "HA" KING, AND CHRISTOPHER "JACK" WOODBURY.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY FIVE DAUGHTERS: SHELIA(ULYSSEE)GRADY-WORTH OF NICHOLLS,GA., TERRI(DAVE)BOCCIO OF ALBANY, NY, WANDA KAY GRADY OF AUSTELL, GA., DEBBIE AND TONYEA BLASH OF MIAMI, FL.; THREE SONS: ANTHONY(CASSANDRA)DUNNAM OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FL., LONNIE(THAMARA)HOLMES OF HAMPTON, GA., AND JEFFEREY(SHELIA)BROWN OF NICHOLLS, GA.; 17 GRANDCHILDREN; 42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; THREE GREAT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHER-IN-LAW: JEROME(MOLLY) DUNNAM OF JACKSONVILLE, FL.; SISTER-IN-LAWS: GLENDA DUNNAM OF PENSACOLA, FL.; BRUNETTE MOSS KING OF FITZGERALD, GA.; SPECIAL NEPHEWS: BYRON AND ZAVIAN KING; GOOD FRIENDS: OTIS AND BETTY EVERETT; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.
ON WEDNESDAY ,JANUARY 6,2021, SAMUEL BARTHOLOMEW "SB" KING,JR. PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78.
SB WAS BORN THE YOUNGEST SON OF SAMUEL "BUSTER" KING,SR. AND NETTIE BLOW KING ON JULY 2, 1942 IN NICHOLLS, GEORGIA. AT A YOUNG AGE SB WOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF St. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH. HE GRADUATED FROM CARVER HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVED FROM 1964 TO 1966. HE WOULD SERVE A TOUR IN VIETNAM. UPON RETURNING HOME FROM THE SERVICE SB WOULD WORK SEVERAL YEARS AT JEFFERY METALS IN DOUGLAS, HE ALSO WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER, HAULED PULPWOOD WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER HA, AND WORKED AS A LINEMAN FOR PIKE ELECTRIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HE WOULD ALSO RUN A NIGHTCLUB.
SB ENJOYED FISHING AND WOULD GO WEEKLY UNTIL HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL HIM. HE ENJOYED A GOOD GAME OF BID WHIST. HE WAS AN AVID SPORT FAN AND ENJOYED A GOOD WESTERN.
SB WAS MARRIED TO BARBARA ANN DUNNAM FOR 51 YEARS, SHE WOULD PRECEDE HIM IN DEATH BY TWO DAYS.
SB WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: BUSTER AND NETTIE KING; HIS WIFE: BARBARA ANN; ONE SISTER: JUANITA SMITH; THREE BROTHERS: VERNON WOODURY, HERBERT "HA" KING, AND CHRISTOPHER "JACK" WOODBURY.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY FIVE DAUGHTERS: SHELIA(ULYSSEE)GRADY-WORTH OF NICHOLLS,GA., TERRI(DAVE)BOCCIO OF ALBANY, NY, WANDA KAY GRADY OF AUSTELL, GA., DEBBIE AND TONYEA BLASH OF MIAMI, FL.; THREE SONS: ANTHONY(CASSANDRA)DUNNAM OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FL., LONNIE(THAMARA)HOLMES OF HAMPTON, GA., AND JEFFEREY(SHELIA)BROWN OF NICHOLLS, GA.; 17 GRANDCHILDREN; 42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; THREE GREAT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHER-IN-LAW: JEROME(MOLLY) DUNNAM OF JACKSONVILLE, FL.; SISTER-IN-LAWS: GLENDA DUNNAM OF PENSACOLA, FL.; BRUNETTE MOSS KING OF FITZGERALD, GA.; SPECIAL NEPHEWS: BYRON AND ZAVIAN KING; GOOD FRIENDS: OTIS AND BETTY EVERETT; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.
SB WAS BORN THE YOUNGEST SON OF SAMUEL "BUSTER" KING,SR. AND NETTIE BLOW KING ON JULY 2, 1942 IN NICHOLLS, GEORGIA. AT A YOUNG AGE SB WOULD BECOME A MEMBER OF St. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH. HE GRADUATED FROM CARVER HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND SERVED FROM 1964 TO 1966. HE WOULD SERVE A TOUR IN VIETNAM. UPON RETURNING HOME FROM THE SERVICE SB WOULD WORK SEVERAL YEARS AT JEFFERY METALS IN DOUGLAS, HE ALSO WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER, HAULED PULPWOOD WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER HA, AND WORKED AS A LINEMAN FOR PIKE ELECTRIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HE WOULD ALSO RUN A NIGHTCLUB.
SB ENJOYED FISHING AND WOULD GO WEEKLY UNTIL HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL HIM. HE ENJOYED A GOOD GAME OF BID WHIST. HE WAS AN AVID SPORT FAN AND ENJOYED A GOOD WESTERN.
SB WAS MARRIED TO BARBARA ANN DUNNAM FOR 51 YEARS, SHE WOULD PRECEDE HIM IN DEATH BY TWO DAYS.
SB WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS: BUSTER AND NETTIE KING; HIS WIFE: BARBARA ANN; ONE SISTER: JUANITA SMITH; THREE BROTHERS: VERNON WOODURY, HERBERT "HA" KING, AND CHRISTOPHER "JACK" WOODBURY.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY FIVE DAUGHTERS: SHELIA(ULYSSEE)GRADY-WORTH OF NICHOLLS,GA., TERRI(DAVE)BOCCIO OF ALBANY, NY, WANDA KAY GRADY OF AUSTELL, GA., DEBBIE AND TONYEA BLASH OF MIAMI, FL.; THREE SONS: ANTHONY(CASSANDRA)DUNNAM OF NEW PORT RICHEY, FL., LONNIE(THAMARA)HOLMES OF HAMPTON, GA., AND JEFFEREY(SHELIA)BROWN OF NICHOLLS, GA.; 17 GRANDCHILDREN; 42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; THREE GREAT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHER-IN-LAW: JEROME(MOLLY) DUNNAM OF JACKSONVILLE, FL.; SISTER-IN-LAWS: GLENDA DUNNAM OF PENSACOLA, FL.; BRUNETTE MOSS KING OF FITZGERALD, GA.; SPECIAL NEPHEWS: BYRON AND ZAVIAN KING; GOOD FRIENDS: OTIS AND BETTY EVERETT; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.
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