Obit: Willie B. King, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Dorothy Rinehart Taylor,
111 Racove Drive, West Monroe, LA 71291




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The Shreveport Times - Wednesday, January 25, 1950

WILLIE B. KING

Willie B. King of 325 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, La. died at 2 a.m. Tuesday,
January 24, 1950 in the hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana following an
illness of several weeks.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 25, 1950 at Rose-
Neath Funeral Home in Shreveport. Burial will follow in Forest Park
Cemetery in Shreveport.

Mr. King was born on January 18, 1892. He had previously resided in
Ruston, La. and moved to Shreveport about 15 years ago. He was a retired
employee of Standard Oil Company. (Had been employed by them for 30
years)

Survivors include his widow: Annie Laura Brown King; two sons: William
J. King of Ruston, and Lamont P. King of Lake Charles, La.; a grandson:
Majors King of Ruston; two brothers: B. A. King of Bossier City, La.,
and J. H. King of Ruston; four sisters: Mrs. O. A. Hopkins, Mrs. Vernon
Watley, Miss Pearlie King, all of Homer, La. and Mrs. W. B. Kinman of
Ruston, La.