William O. King
Published 6:00 am Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Services for William O. King, of Brookhaven, are 1 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Brookhaven Funeral Home Chapel on NatchezDrive with burial in Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Visitation is Tuesday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. King, 84, died Dec. 6, 2008, at Silver Cross Home. He was bornin Lincoln County on Jan. 9, 1924, to James Hiram King and DixieDykes King.
He retired from Armstrong Tire. He served in the U.S. Army AirCorps during World War II. He was a member of Bethel UnitedMethodist Church.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Eva Oliver King;a daughter, Lynda Faye King; and a grandchild, KimberlyFreeman.
Survivors are a daughter, Barbara King Freeman, of Stockbridge,Ga.; a brother, Robert C. King, of Brookhaven; his sisters, RubyWilliams, of Hattiesburg, Helen Brown, of Clinton, and Liz Lambert,of Brookhaven; his two grandchildren, Kellie Russell, ofHenryville, Ind., and Brian W. Freeman, of Augusta, Ga.; his sevengreat-grandchildren, Charlie Russell, Tommy Russell, KimberlyRussell, Johnny Russell, Brielle Freeman , Breez Freeman andBroderick Freeman.