Southampton-Arlington County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....King, Harold S., 1974 

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HAROLD SHERMAN KING

  Funeral services for Harold Sherman King, 77, of 233 North Drive, Franklin, 
were held Friday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home by 
Dr. Edward B. Lewis, Dr. Ralph D. Smith and Dr. W. Kenneth Lyons.

  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

  King died Tuesday morning in Obici Hospital, Suffolk, after a brief illness.

  A native of Washington, D.C. and former Arlington resident, he had resided 
in Franklin only two months before his death.  He was a son of Alvin G. and 
Mrs. Gertrude Vermillion King and the husband of Mrs. Myrtle Beaton King.

  He was a member of Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church and a Navy Veteran of 
WW I.

  He was a banker for 52 years with Riggs National Bank.  A graduate of the 
American Banking Association, his work at Walter Reed Branch of Riggs National 
earned him a ranking privilege of General.

  He was a member of Benjamin B. French Lodge No. 15, F.A.A.M., Host Lions 
Club, Dan Polling Post of American Legion, Oldest Inhabitants and past 
president of Organized Bible Class Association of D.C.

  His music career is well known throughout the Arlington area, and he worked 
closely with entertainer Kate Smith in assisting handicapped veterans.

  Besides his wife, surviving are three sons, George B. King and Jack L. 
Powell of Washington, D.C. and Raleigh H. Powell of Knoxville, Tenn., one 
brother, Willard A. King of New Bern, N.C., 12 grandchildren and four great 
grandchildren.


Harold Sherman KING, of Franklin, formerly of Arlington, 
retired banker, Navy veteran of WW-I, 
Washington, DC native, d. 12 Feb 1974, Suffolk, age 77, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 151*), Franklin, 15 Feb 1974, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 21, 1974, p. 9A 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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