FLOYD COUNTY, GA - OBITS     Horace C. King

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Rome News Tribune January 24, 1986
Mr. King
Horace C. King, 87, 16 W. Butler St., died Thursday
at a Rome hospital after a short illness.

Mr. King was born in Floyd County, Dec. 28, 1898,
son of the late Thomas W. King and Mary A. Padgett
King. He was a long-time resident of Floyd County
and a member of Eden Valley Baptist Church. Prior to
retirement, he was employed by Battey Hospital, in
the maintenance department for several years.

Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Ruby Crider,
Mrs. Betty Null and Mrs. Elizabeth Rayburn, all of
Rome, Mrs. Leona Isbell and Mrs. Ollie Peardon, both
of Calhoun, two sons, Roy King and Lewis King, both
of Rome; 16 grandchildren and 32 great-
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at
the chapel of Talley Brothers Funeral Home with the
Revs. Joe Eaves and Curtis Edwards officiating.

Pallbearers are Ronnie Nix, Donald Crider, Lamar
Smith, Jerry Warren, Lee Hoyt Crider and William
Narmore. (Note: a notice by the funeral home in the
same paper included the fact that Horace King was
preceded in death by a daughter, Pearl Henry on Dec.
27, 1985 and by a brother Henry A. King June 9,
1984.
Horace died Jan. 23,  is buried in Eastview Cem.)