Ovell Halbert King
Ovell Halbert King Funeral services for
Ovell Halbert King, age 86, of Oakland are scheduled for 2:00 p.m.,
Friday, April 18, 2008 in Oakland Missionary Baptist Church with the
Rev. R.S. Dyess and the Rev. Ricky King officiating. Interment will be
in Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home
in Rusk. Mrs. King died April 15, 2008. She was born April 24, 1921 in
Dialville, TX. She lived in Rusk and Oakland most of her life. She
retired from Rusk State Hospital in 1983 after 12 years of service. She
was a member of Oakland Missionary Baptist Church. Preceded in death by
her husband, Walter Merle King, her parents, Tom and Dora Halbert, two
brothers and two sisters. She is survived by two sons and
daughters-in-law, Tony and Jody King of Rusk, Lynn and Lynn Ann King of
Rusk, sister, Opal Sanders of Rusk, two sisters and brothers-in-law,
Peat and Albert Wesley King of Houston, TX, Tommie and Preston Hill of
Brownwood, TX, grandson and his wife, Tim and Melissa King of Rusk,
grandson and wife, Randy and Sherry King of Rusk, grandson and wife,
Ricky and Lynnette King of Junction City, Louisiana, granddaughter and
her husband, Charlotte and Roger Stewart of Rusk, grandson, Dale King of
Jacksonville, TX, granddaughter and husband, Nicky and Jim Crow of
Brock, TX, grandson and wife, Mark and Jodi King of Rusk, twenty great
grandchildren, eight great great grandchildren, numerous nieces and
nephews. Pallbearers will include Mark King, Jim Crow, Roger Stewart,
Dale King, Timmy King, Jaylon Bolton, Erick Warren and Jonathon Beeney.
Honorary pallbearers will be Deacons of Oakland Missionary Baptist
Church and Joy Faye and Jerry Meador. Family will receive friends from 6
to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 17, 2008 at the funeral home.
Published in the Jacksonville Daily Progress on
4/17/2008.
OVELL HALBERT KING
Funeral for Ovell Halbert King, 86, of Oakland was at 2 p.m., Friday, April 18, in the Oakland Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. R.S. Dyess and the Rev. Ricky King officiating. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery. Mrs. King died April 15. She was born April 24, 1921, in Dialville. She lived in Rusk and Oakland most of her life. She retired from Rusk State Hospital in 1983 after 12 years of service. She was a member of Oakland Missionary Baptist Church. Preceding her in death were her husband, Walter Merle King; her parents, Tom and Dora Halbert; two brothers and two sisters.
Survivors are two sons and daughters-in-law, Tony and Jody King and Lynn and Lynn Ann King, all of Rusk; a sister, Opal Sanders of Rusk; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Peat and Albert Wesley King of Houston and Tommie and Preston Hill of Brownwood; five grandsons and their wives, Tim and Melissa King, Randy and Sherry King and Mark and Jodi King, all of Rusk, Ricky and Lynnette King of Junction City, La. and Dale King of Jacksonville; two granddaughters and their husbands, Charlotte and Roger Stewart of Rusk and Nicky and Jim Crow of Brock; 20 great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Mark King, Jim Crow, Roger Stewart, Dale King, Timmy King, Jaylon Bolton, Erick Warren and Jonathan Beeney. Honorary pallbearers were of Oakland Missionary Baptist Church deacons and Joy Faye and Jerry Meador.
Arrangements were under the direction of Wallace- Thompson Funeral Home.
Information from The Cherokeean Herald