Schley County GaArchives Obituaries.....King, Eugene December 12, 1996 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Johnny Allen Childress4487@mchsi.com April 8, 2005, 9:41 pm Family Funeral Program KING, EUGENE Sr. Deacon Eugene King, Sr., was born June 28, 1912 in Macon County, GA to Eugene and Willie Bell King. He was educated in the public schools of Schley county and jointed Mt Zion Baptist Church, was a Deacon. Mr. King married Lucille Perry and they had 5 children, one (Walter) preceded him in death. He was a member of the Ellaville Light Masonic Lodge #443 and was owner of Eugene King Grocery Store in Ellaville, GA. Mr. King died Thursday evening, December 12, 1996 at Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, December 18, 1996 at Mt Zion Baptist Church in Ellaville, GA; Reverend James O Brown, Pastor, officiated. Burial in Mt Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, family lot. Grandsons and nephews served as pallbearers. He is survived by 4 children: Eugene (Brenda) King, Jr., of Ellaville, GA, Carrie Bell Dixon, Minnie (Roland) Barber, Ruth Callaway, all of Atlanta, GA; daughter-in-law Ella Ruth Bue (Walter) King, 3 sisters and a brother: Julia Mae Harris of Andersonville, GA, Lucille Nelson of Pasedena, CA, Mary Lou (Reverend Willie) Duncan, and L C (Lucille) King, all of Detroit, MI; sisters-in-law, Olivia King of Ellaville, GA and Hattie King of Detroit, MI; 6 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Meadows Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Oglethorpe, GA File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/obits/k/king2359gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb