Obituaries: Alice Durham King, 1952, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: February 29, 1952 Winnfield News-American

Mrs. Alice King, 78, Former Verda Resident Succumbs

Two Sisters In Winnfield Among Many Survivors

Funeral services were held at the Sardis Baptist Church Monday for Mrs. Alice
Durham King, 78, of Shreveport, a former resident of Verda for many years, who
died in the home of a daughter, Mrs. H. C. Moore, in Baytown, Texas, Saturday,
Feb. 23, 1952.

Interment was in the Sardis Cemetery with the Earthman Funeral Home of Baytown
in charge.  The deceased was buried beside her husband, the late Hardy
King, who died several years ago.

Mrs. King had lived for the past few years with her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Adams
of Shreveport.  She is survived by Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Moore, and a third
daughter, Mrs. Hal Frazier of Houston, Texas; a son, J. L. King of Corpus
Christi, Texas; five brothers, Dr. J. P. Durham of Pineville; W. W. Durham of
Alexandria; Jesse Durham of Baton Rouge; Robert Durham of Zwolle, and T. B.
Durham, Jr., of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; five sisters, Mrs. Fannie Mathews of
Winnfield; Mrs. Nellie Richardson of Winnfield; Mrs. Ida Cupples of West
Monroe; Mrs. Leola Wallace of Verda; and Mrs. Joanna Durham of Natchitoches;
several grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was a member of the Baptist Church.