Miss Evelyn Virginia King, 87, of 126 King Street, Franklin Springs, GA, died Monday, January 16, 2012, at the Serenity Personal Care Center in Jefferson, GA.
Miss King was born in Franklin Springs, GA, May 30, 1924, daughter of the late Rev. Mr. Joseph H. King, Sr. (Bishop and General Superintendent of the Pentecostal Holiness Church) and the late Blanche Moore King.
Virginia was a Supervisory Medical Records Librarian having worked with the Civil Service and was a member of the Redwine United Methodist Church in Royston, GA.
Survivors include:
Brother
Joseph H. King, Jr. Franklin Springs, GA
Preceded in death by:
(2) Sisters--Easter Lily King and Mary Ann King
Funeral services for Miss Virginia King will be at 11 a. m., Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at the Pruitt Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mr. Raymond Carr officiating, and the Rev. Mr. Malcolm Herndon, ordained minister of the Cornerstone Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church, who will render the prayer of invocation. Burial will follow in the Franklin Springs City Cemetery.
The body is at the Pruitt Funeral Home in Royston, GA where the family will receive friends from 6 p. m. until 8 p. m. Tuesday evening, January 17, 2012. The family is at the home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to be made to the Wycliffe Bible Translators, P.O. Box 620486, Orlando, FL 32862-0486.
Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.pruittfhroyston.com
Pruitt Funeral Home in Royston, GA is in charge of arrangements.
[Editor's Comment: It has been my privilege to have known the King family all of my life. We are saddened by the death of Evelyn Virginia King. She is the last of three King sisters to have died: Easter Lily King, Mary Ann King, and now Evelyn Virginia King has departed this life, and all three kept their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. Only Joseph Hilliary King is alive. We hold this family in high esteem and ascribe honor, love, integrity, and respect to them.
Joseph Hilliary King, Sr. was the Bishop of the Pentecostal Holiness Church, and was elected to serve our church as the General Superintendent. He provided great leadership in the early formation of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was modest and manful; there was confidence and courage in his bearing as a general official. In judgment he was sober and serious, unafraid of decisions, calm and steady by nature, and committed to a life of holiness and the Spirit-empowered life. He was a servant leader.
For many years there was a series of Biblical Theological Lectures known as the King Memorial Lectures named in honor of Bishop J. H. King, and held each year on the campus of Emmanuel College.
I am grateful to the funeral director of Pruitt Funeral Home for sending me the obituary as he had promised.
Let us remember Joseph H King, Jr. in our prayers. We thank God for his life and his ministry as a teacher at Emmanuel College in English and Speech.]
Posted on
Wed, January 18, 2012
by Hugh Morgan