Georgia:  Decatur County:  Obituary of Mrs. Johna Dukes King
11 May 1989

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Johna Dukes King

Mrs. Johna Dukes King, age 85, of Statesville, North Carolina, died 
Thursday, May 11, 1989, at Brian Nursing Center in Statesville, North 
Carolina.

She was born in Miller County April 25, 1904. She had resided in 
Statesville for the past 12 years. Prior to moving to Statesville she 
resided in Brinson. She was the daughter of the late James Dukes and 
Josephine Daniels, and was the wife of the late Richard Horace King. She 
was a housewife.

Funeral services for Mrs. King was held Saturday, May 13, at 2:00 p. m. 
from Cox Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Hank Williams and rev. Ed Harrell 
officiated.

Interment was in Brinson Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Paul Dukes, Roy Dukes, Andy Glisson, Allen 
Glisson, Ernie Estes and John Bridges.

Honorary pallbearers were Milton Scott, O. W. Sellers, Kenneth Hodges, Ed
Mitchell, Horace Jackson, W. C. Sims, Robert Durham, Harry King and Leroy
Hodges.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Hazel Glisson, Bainbridge, and Mrs.
Louise Stanley, Statesville, North Carolina; one son, E. D. King, Rogers,
Arkansas; one sister, Mrs. Ida Lee Evans, Graveland, Fla.; one brother, 
Rufus Dukes, Brinson; eight grandchildren and 16 great -- grandchildren.

Cox Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Source: Miller County Liberal, Colquitt, Miller County, Georgia.

* Note Johna Ludie Dukes married Richard Horace King 22 April 1923 
Decatur County, Georgia Book H, Page 633.

Submitted by Brenda King McNair bmcnair614@aol.com