Obituary of ETHEL RUSSELL BECTON KING, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date:  December 29, 1999, Wednesday

Headline:  Area Deaths, Ethel Russell Becton King

Ethel Russell Becton King, 88, originally of Trout, died Friday morning, 
December 24, 1999, at the DeQuincy Hospital.

She was the wife of the late Alfred D. Becton of Westlake, retired pastor of 
the First Baptist Church of Westlake.  Later, she was married to the late 
Lawrence M. King of Olla, retired pastor of the First Baptist Church of Olla.

Services were held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 28, at First Baptist church of 
Westlake with Rev. Woody Rimes officiating.  

Interment followed in the Westlake Magnolia Cemetery in Westlake under 
direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Westlake.

Survivors include on son, John D. Becton of Moss Bluff; one step-daugher, 
Gene Gosslin of Olla; one stepson, Dr. Lawrence M. King, Jr., of San Antonio, 
Texas; three sisters, Etta Chevallier of Many, Dottie Price of Trout, and 
Georgie Whatley of Jena; and one brother, Earl Windham of Jena; three 
grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.