Ouachita-Concordia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....KING, JEROME "J.L" September 28, 2010
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News Star World - October 01, 2010
JEROME "J.L" KING

Jerome (J,L.) King, 83 of Clayton, LA died Tuesday, September 28, 2010. Funeral 
services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 1, 2010 at Comer Funeral 
Home Chapel in Ferriday, LA with Rev. Jack Knapp and Rev. Brent Bemont 
officiating. Interment will follow at Highland Park Cemetery in Sicily Island, 
LA. J. L. was born on July 18, 1927 in Jonesville, LA. After graduating from 
Block High School, he worked for three years with the Army Corp of Engineers 
and fished to earn enough money to attend Louisiana College in Pineville, LA. 
He continued to work each summer and finally earned a Bachelor of Science 
degree in Secondary Education from Louisiana College in 1954. He was an avid 
believer in educational advancement and attained a Master of Education from 
Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA in 1957. He often expresses 
appreciation for his sister-in-law, Alice Jeter King, for countless words of 
encouragement and support for all of his educational pursuits. Due to her kind 
words of inspiration, many lives were touched during his career. J.L. began his 
teaching career in Singer, LA. He also taught at Sicily Island High School and 
Harrisonburg High School. He retired in 1985 after 32 years of service in 
public education. In addition to a teaching career, he also had a farm on which 
he worked during non-school hours and summers. He only partially retired from 
this career endeavor after becoming sick in 2010. J.L. was preceded in death by 
his parents, Jerome and Annie Pendarvis King; two sisters, Mary Sparks and 
Annie Warner; four brothers, Jewel, Roy, and Charles King, and Fred Sparks. 
Survivors include his wife, Eloiese Barron King of 56 years; five children and 
their spouses, David and Carrie King of Clayton, LA, Phillip and Adele King 
Arthur of Monroe, LA, Henry and Anita King Thompson of Carencro, LA, Bob and 
Amanda King Brown of Monroe, LA, and Ted and Amy King Kincannon of West Monroe, 
LA; eight grandchildren, Davey King, Jonathon and Sarah Thompson, Jake, Caity, 
J. T. and Caroline Brown, and Mattie Kincannon. Pallbearers will be Phillip 
Arthur, Henry Thompson, Bob Brown, Ted Kincannon, Ken King and Ray King. 
Honorary pallbearers will be brothers-in-law Charles Stutson and Bill Barron 
and the many nephews and great nephews who have supported J. L. so lovingly. 
Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 30 at 
Comer Funeral Home. The family expresses appreciation to Dr. Huey Moak and 
staff of Ferriday, Dr. Scott Barron and staff at Oncology Associates, Dr. 
Robert Ebeling and staff at the Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute, The 
Columns Nursing Home Staff in Jonesville, LA, and Colvin's Pharmacy in 
Ferriday. In lieu of flowers, the family asks memorials be made to the American 
Cancer Society , 1761 North 19th Street, Monreo, LA 71201. 

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