Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....King, Morton T. & Rosa C. 1945
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 01-05-1945, P. 1
MORTON THOMAS AND ROSA CAROLINA KING

SIBLINGS DIE ONLY A FEW HOURS APART

   Funeral services for a brother and sister of the Franklin community who died 
within twenty-four hours of each other were conducted jointly Wednesday 
afternoon, December 27, at 2:30 o’clock at Buckhorn Baptist Church near Como, 
N.C.

   The two were Morton Thomas King, aged 65, who died Sunday night at Raiford 
Memorial Hospital, after having been in ill health for more than a year, and 
Miss Rosa Carolina King, aged 69, who died Monday night at her home after an 
illness of nearly two years’ duration.

   Mr. and Miss King were children of the late Nathaniel and Susie Jenkins King 
of North Carolina. Mr. King was a member of the New Hope Methodist Church, and 
had resided in the Franklin community for eighteen years. Miss King had made her 
home with her brother for the past two years.

   Surviving Mr. King are one son, Edward King of Franklin; two stepsons, L.B. 
Battle, with the U.S. Army in England, and James Battle of Franklin; and one 
stepdaughter, Mrs. Vernon DeGrange of Baltimore. Mr. and Miss King age survived 
by three brothers, J.H. King of Franklin, George King of Como, and W. Eddie King 
of Roanoke Rapids, N.C.

   The joint services for Mr. and Miss King were conducted by Rev. J.L. Lanier, 
pastor of Buckhorn Baptist Church, and Rev. John W. Morrison of the Newsoms 
Methodist Church. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers for the two 
burial were from the following: James Daughtrey, S.W. Lankford, George Burgess, 
Pat Cotton, Vernard Cotton, Marshall DeBerry, W.H. Rutledge, Virgil Derby, 
Ryland Edwards, Jesse McClenny and John Ferguson.


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