FLOYD COUNTY, GA - OBITS  Roland Edward King

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Rome News Tribune December 18, 1964
Roland Edward King Dies; Rites Saturday

Roland Edward King, 68, a retired sawmiller and
grocery man died at his residence, Old Dalton Road,
Rome Rte 7 at 8:10 p.m. Thursday, following an
illness of several years, his condition becoming
serious several months ago.

Mr. King was born in Floyd County Aug. 23, 1896, son
of the late Thomas Walter King and Mary Padgett
King, and had spent his entire life here. He had
operated a grocery store on the Old Dalton Road for
the past 13 years and prior to then was a sawmill
contractor. He was a veteran of World War I and a
member of Mountain Springs Methodist Church and a
former member of the Pleasant Valley Baptist
Brotherhood.

Survivors include the widow, the former Cora Brice,
to whom he was married July 13, 1919; three sons,
Herbert H.,  Atlanta, Bobby M., Cedartown, and Joe
Dan King Rome Rte. 7; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy
Perry and Mrs. Margaret Cagle, both of Rome and Mrs.
Mary Ann Winslett, Atlanta; three brothers, Horace
and Henry King,  Rome, and Dovie King, Florida, 18
grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at
Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church with the
pastor, the Rev. Arnold Mount, the Rev. B. J. Lamb,
and the Rev. J. O. Crabb of Powder Springs
officiating. Interment will be in Oaknoll Memorial
Gardens.

The body was to be carried to the residence at 4
p.m. today to remain until the funeral hour.
Pallbearers are Carl Terrell, J.T. (Shorty)
Vanderford,Pete Kasonovitch, Jack Pilgrim, Gilbert
Davis, and Berry Ward. JenningsFuneral Home has
charge of the arrangements. (Note died Dec. 17)