November 19, 1999

VERA KING

PARMA -- Vera Pauline King, 85, of Parma died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1999, at MCI Hospital in Independence. She was born Aug. 10, 1914, at Parma, daughter of Samuel Marion and Mary Frances Bolden Earley. She and Wallace Gilbert King were married Dec. 19, 1949, in Piggott, Ark. He died Aug. 14, 1989...

PARMA -- Vera Pauline King, 85, of Parma died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1999, at MCI Hospital in Independence.

She was born Aug. 10, 1914, at Parma, daughter of Samuel Marion and Mary Frances Bolden Earley. She and Wallace Gilbert King were married Dec. 19, 1949, in Piggott, Ark. He died Aug. 14, 1989.

King lived in Parma most of her life. She moved to Bolivar several years ago, and to Independence in 1998. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Parma.

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Survivors include a sister, Helen Waller of New Orleans, La.

She was preceded in death by a son.

Friends may call at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter after 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden. The Rev. Doyle Corlew will officiate.

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