Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....King, S. Ruth King, 1960 

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SARAH RUTH KING

PEDESTRIAN IS KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY TRUCK

WHALEYVILLE - Mrs. Sarah Ruth King, 72, was fatally injured when hit by a 
tractor-trailer truck as she was crossing Route 13 a short distance north of 
Whaleyville Friday night.

Dr. J.R. Joyner, Nansemond County medical examiner, said Mrs. King suffered a 
crushed chest, broken back and possible skull fractures.

State Trooper C. F. Wheeler said Mrs. King was about half a mile from her home 
and was halfway across the highway when she was struck.  Wheeler said Mrs. 
King was going to visit friends who live next to Warren's Lumber Mill.

Earl Hyatt, 36, the driver of the truck, told Wheeler that he saw the woman 
and swung the tractor to the right in an attempt to avoid hitting her.  She 
was struck by the rear wheels as the vehicle swerved.

The body was taken to the R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home in Suffolk.

Mrs. King was the daughter of A.T. and Mrs. Betty Savage King of Nansemond 
County and was a member of the Great Fork Baptist Church.

She is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Andrew Goodwin and Mrs. Josephine Jones 
of Whaleyville; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Speight of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. 
Fred G. Beagle of Broomall, Pa., and six grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Great Fork Baptist 
Church by the Rev. Emmil Mialik, pastor.  The body will be taken from the 
funeral home to the church an hour before the service.

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SARAH RUTH KING

SERVICE HELD SUNDAY FOR MRS. SARAH KING

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Ruth King were conducted Sunday at Great Fork 
Baptist Church by the Rev. M.A. Mialik, Pastor.  Burial was in the family 
cemetery near Great Fork Church.

Mrs. P. Owen Park sang a solo entitled, "In The Sweet by and By," and the 
church choir sang the hymn "The Old Rugged Cross."

The casket was covered with a pall of pink, white and lavender asters and 
white chrysanthemums.

Pallbearers were J.T. Tomlin, Herman L. Warren, Ernest Hayes, P. Owen Parker, 
Delbert Horton and Joseph Ward.


Mrs. Sarah Ruth (KING) KING, 
struck by tractor-trailer, 2 Sep 1960, Route 13, near Whaleyville, age 72, 
interred in the family cemetery, near Great Fork Baptist Church, 
   4 Sep 1960, 
donated obits, newspapers unknown 

Additional information: 

Note that the pastor's name varies slightly between the two items. 

Her father's (donated) obits are posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k520a2ob.txt 

Her mother's (donated) obit is posted at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k520e2ob.txt 


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Dave House, and Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/k520r1ob.txt