June 28, 2001

MABEL KING

JACKSON, Mo. -- Mabel M. King, 85, of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Jackson, died Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at Beverly Health and Rehab in Dexter. She was born May 8, 1916, in Missouri, daughter of Loye M. and Gracie C. Rea Jackson. She and James King were married in 1956...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Mabel M. King, 85, of Dexter, Mo., formerly of Jackson, died Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at Beverly Health and Rehab in Dexter.

She was born May 8, 1916, in Missouri, daughter of Loye M. and Gracie C. Rea Jackson. She and James King were married in 1956.

Prior to moving to Dexter, King attended Calvary Pentecostal Church in Jackson.

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Survivors include a son, Marion Craft of Whitewater, Mo.; a daughter, Janet Crader; a brother, Howard Jackson of Summersville, Mo.; two sisters, Euva Williams of Whitewater, Nadene Engelmann of Jackson; 14 grandchildren; and 26 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, four brothers, and two sisters.

Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. The Rev. Thomas Jackson will officiate. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson.

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