Obit: William R. King, Grant & Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submited by:
his Son William R. (Bill) King Jr.
14106 Carolcrest Circle, Houston Texas 77079
BillKing@houston.rr.com
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Source: ALEXANDRIA DAILY TOWN TALK Tuesday, April 24, 1945


WILLIAM R. KINGALEXANDRIA DAILY TOWN TALKAlexandria, LouisianaTuesday, April 24, 1945HEADLINE OF APRIL
24, 1945 ISSUEand William R. King ObituaryBERLIN NEARLY ENCIRCLEDTHIRD ARMY 105 MILES FROM
HITLERAMERICAN, RUSSIAN JUNCTION EXPECTEDOBITUARY - WILLIAM R. KINGWILLIAM R. (BILL) KING,47, DIES
SUDDENLY IN PINEVILLE BANKPineville - April 24, 1945   William R. (Bill) King, aged 47 years,
anemployee of the Pineville Post Office, died suddenly at 10 o'clock thismorning, April 24, 1945, at
the Guraranty Bank branch office in Pineville.  Heis survived by his wife, Gertrude Dillon King, and
three young sons, Carroll,Billy and Clyde Wayne. Remains will be at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home, and
services will beheld at the First Baptist Church in Pineville at 4 P.M., Wednesday, April25, Rev. John
M. Wright, officiating.  Interment will be in the GreenwoodMemorial Park in Pineville.Note:  William
R. (Bill) King was born 13 December 1898 in Calhoun County,Arkansas, son of Arthur Edward King and
Sallie Harris.  He attended schoolsin Hampton, Arkansas and completed his schooling in 1920 from The
ThirdDistrict Arkansas Agricultural School in Magnolia.  Following brief servicein the army, he joined
his father in Selma, Grant Parish, Louisiana wherethey entered into the mercantile business as 'Ed
King & Son', selling drygoods and groceries to the families of Selma.  He joined the Pineville
PostOffice in 1932 as the 'Village Letter Carrier', and had worked at the sameoffice until his death
in 1945.