Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Mrs. J. R. King

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The Hominy News
Friday, Nov. 18, 1949
Vol. 44, No. 53
Page 1
Services Held Saturday for Mrs. J. R. King
Active Worker in Women's Club Dies Wednesday;  Had Made Home Here Since '30.

Services for Mrs. J. R. King, 68-year-old Hominy woman, were conducted in 
the First Presbyterian church Saturday afternoon with the Rev. S. I. Ray, 
pastor, officiating.  Interment was in the Hominy cemetery under the 
direction of the Powell Funeral home.

Mrs. King, who was prominent in women's clubs here, died Wednesday, 
November 9, after being in ill health for the past several years.

Music for the services was furnished by Mrs. Ralph Carver, Cushing, with 
Mrs. Howard M. Maher of Tulsa at the organ.  Casket bearers were L. V. 
Wilson, Jess Groninger, M. E. Acott, Douglas Neil, T. R. Dukes and F. G. 
Drummond.

Born September 26, 1881, at Nineveh, Pa., she was married to James R. King 
at Ellwood City, Pa. in 1902.  Mrs. King came to Oklahoma with her husband 
in 1912 and they settled at Oklahoma City.

The following year they moved to Cleveland where they resided until 1930 
when they moved to Hominy.  They continued to make their home here since 
that time.

She joined the Presbyterian church in Pennsylvania when she was 8 years of 
age and continued her membership until her death, transferring to the local 
church in 1934.  She was a member of the Westminister Guild of the church 
here.

Other clubs in which she was active included the Alpha Delphian club and 
the Hominy Garden Club.  She was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star.

Survivors in addition to her husband include two daughters, Mrs. Lois Welch 
and Mrs. Dorothy Payton, both of Pawhuska; two brothers, Frank Milliken and 
Russell Milliken, both of Newcastle, Pa., and four grandchildren, Norma 
Jean Payton, Patricia Eugenia Payton, Larry David Payton and Lenora Kathryn 
Welch, all of Pawhuska.