Obit of King, Joe Henry - Payne County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 26 Nov 2006 Return to Payne County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/payne/payne.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Fairlawn Cemetery--?? Surnames: King, Batchelor, Hall, Brooks Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7096 Joe Henry King, 48 assistant city superintendent, died Monday nigh in Stillwater Municipal Hospital, September 12, 1966. Leukemia ended an illustrative career in education for King, who served as Perry High School superintendent last year before resigning to return to Stillwater. Funeral services for King were held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the First Presbyterian church with the Rev. James R. Struthers officiating. Burial will be in Fairlawn cemetery, under direction of Strode Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Vernon Johnson, K.T. Gallagher, Dr. Helmer Sorenson, Kenneth Rhea, Gus Friedeman, Dr. Ware Marsden, Bob Powell and Marion Smith. Memorial contributions may be made to the Stillwater High School Scholarship Fund or the Oklahoma Medical Research Association. King was born April 16, 1918 in Reydon, Oklahoma, the son of Joe B. and Jennie Batchelor King. He was married to Lorene Hall in Oklahoma City July 29, 1939. Following teaching duties in Garber and at Drummond, the latter as principal, King came back to Stillwater in 1945, where he had received his degree at OSU and served as junior high speech and geography teacher until 1952 when he was named principal at Jefferson and Will Rogers Elementary schools. He later was named Stillwater elementary school coordinator, and also taught several courses at Oklahoma State can Education, had served as president of the Stillwater Education Association, a life member of Oklahoma Education Association, and was a member of the State and National Elementary Principals' Association. King is survived by his wife of the home, 3825 N. Washington; two daughters, Mrs. Deanna Brooks, a Stillwater teacher and Janis of the home, a Stillwater high school senior. Also surviving are his parents and a brother, Frank. (This was copied as printed in the paper.) Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Payne County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/payne/payne.html