Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....King, Joseph P. Jr., 1985 

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JOSEPH PUGH KING, JR.

JOSEPH P. KING JR., SCHOOL LEADER, DIES
Times-Dispatch state staff

   FRANKLIN - Joseph P. King, Jr., a longtime state public education leader 
and community and industrial relations manager for Union Camp Corp’s Franklin 
mill, died yesterday after a brief illness.  He was 64.

   Mr. King was a member of the Franklin School Board from 1962 to 1973, 
during which time he served as vice chairman and chairman.

   The School Board recently announced that the next school would be named the 
Joseph P. King, Jr. Elementary School in recognition of his leadership.

   A past president of the Virginia School Boards association, he also served 
on the General Assembly’s Committee on the Rights of Public Employees and the 
Secretary of Education’s Commission on Excellence in Public Schools.  He was 
co-chairman of the 1983 Governor’s Special Advisory Committee for Quality 
Education.

   He was a member of the executive board of the Old Dominion Council of the 
Boy Scouts of America.  He was also a member of the board of directors of 
Dominion Bank of Greater Hampton Roads and of Southampton Memorial Hospital.

   He was twice chairman of the Board of Deacons at Franklin Baptist Church, 
where he and also been chairman of the financial committee.

   Mr. King was received a B.S. degree in 1942 from what is now Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute and State University and a B.A. in 1948 from the College 
of William and Mary.  He also did postgraduate studies at the University of 
Virginia.  He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa national honor society.

   He was an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II 
and the Korean War.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Georgia Elaine Shelley King; three 
daughters, Mrs. Karen Daughtrey of Richmond, Mrs. Rebecca Junco of Hartford, 
Conn., and Ms. Elizabeth Anne King of Staunton; a son Richmond King of Crystal 
City; and a sister, Mrs. Katherine King Roberts of Bennington, Vt.

   A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Franklin Baptist 
Church.

   Memorial contributions may be made to the Joseph P. King, Jr. School Fund, 
in care of Franklin City Schools, 800 W. Second Ave., Franklin, Va. 23851.


Joseph Pugh KING, Jr., businessman, former Franklin School Board member, 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers veteran of WW-II & Korea, 
Franklin native, d. 30 Oct 1985, age 64, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 4*), Franklin, 
   1 Nov 1985, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 31, 1985, p. 19 

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

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 22, 1966, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k520j1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," July 28, 1960, Sect. 2, p. 1), at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k520e1ob.txt 


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