Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....KING, KATHERINE PATRICIA August 17, 2016 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: GINA BROWN rootsgirl36@gmail.com September 14, 2016, 9:04 pm News Star World - August 20, 2016 KATHERINE PATRICIA KING Funeral services for Katherine "Patsy" Patricia King, 75 of Red Oak, TX will be held at Young's Funeral Home in Ferriday on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 2:00 PM with Rev. Clyde Ray Webber officiating. Interment will follow at Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, MS, under the direction of Young's Funeral Home. Katherine "Patsy" King entered the arms of the Lord on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, after a brief illness. She was born in Ferriday, LA on November 11, 1940. She was a graduate of Ferriday High School and Northeast LA University. During her teenage years, she competed in numerous beauty contests to include the Miss Louisiana Pageant, played in the school band, was a majorette and competed in basketball and softball. While still in college, she married Donald "Coach" King and served as the perfect military and coach's wife for 55 years. As a devoted mother, her greatest pride and joy and the loves of her life were her two boys, Don "Deke" and Kyle. While tending to the duties of mother and wife, she also served in the educational field as a teacher and counselor, was also employed as an insurance adjuster and paralegal. Patsy is survived by her loving husband, Don, son Deke, son and daughter-in- law Kyle and Melody, sister Glenda, sister-in-law Norma Jean, grandsons Kurtis, Konnor and Kory, granddaughters Hunter and Dakota, nieces Jeani, Rami and LaTefy. She is preceded in death by her parents Pat and Donna, her brothers Mike and Ricky and her nephew Mitch. Pallbearers will be Glen Hendrix, DR Max Stell, Jimmy Christmas, Johnny Loomis, Drew Loomis, and Johnny Clifton. Honorary Pallbearers will be Billy Pee, Joe Meeks, Jerry Almond, Darden Gladney, Chris Walker, and Josh Morrison. If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again. Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts. The family will receive friends at Young's Funeral Home from 12:00 PM til 2:00 PM, Sunday, August 21, 2016. To leave an online condolence for the family please visit www.youngsfh.com. Young's Funeral Home Ferriday, LA File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/k/king5574nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb