FLOYD COUNTY, GA - OBITS   Thomas Walter King

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Rome News Tribune December 26, 1962
Thomas Walter King, 87 Dies; Services Today
Thomas Walter King, 87, 904 N. 5th Ave. died at 5
p.m. Tuesday in a Rome hospital. He had been in
declining health for the past year, his condition
becoming serious two weeks ago.

Mr. King was born in Floyd County July 15, 1875, son
of Jasper and Fannie Reeves King and had spent the
greater part of his life in Rome and Floyd County.
He was a member of the Sands Springs Baptist Church
and a retired farmer. His wife, the former Mary
Adaline Padgett King, died March 20, 1938.

Survivors include four sons, Horace King of Rome,
Henry and Roland King of Rome Rte. 7 and Thomas King
of Orlando, Fla.; 15 grandchildren, 35 great-
grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today in the
chapel of Jennings Funeral Home. The Rev. Gus Reed,
pastor of Coosa Valley Baptist church will
officiate. Interment will be in Sand Springs
Cemetery.

The body was carried tothe residence Tuesday to lie
in state until the funeral hour. Pallbearers will be
J.T. Watson, Lee Terrell, Newton Morrison, Carl
Terrell, Lee Hoyt Crider and Bobby Copeland.
Jennings Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
(Note: died December 24)