1903 - 1969 (66 years)
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| Name |
Dorsey Powhatan King |
| Birth |
27 Jan 1903 |
Scarbro, Fayette Co., WV  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
27 Aug 1969 |
Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV [1] |
| Cause: cerebral contusion/accident, hit by a car |
| Burial |
29 Aug 1969 |
Backus Cemetery, Summersville, Nicholas Co., WV [1] |
| Person ID |
I15363 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
13 Sep 2023 |
| Father |
David Sylvester King, b. 27 May 1864, Red Sulphur Springs, Monroe Co., WV d. 11 Aug 1936, Huntington, Wayne Co., WV (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Sarepta Jane Rollyson, b. 6 Apr 1868, Jumping Branch, Mercer Co., WV d. 28 Dec 1931, Hominy Falls, Nicholas Co., WV (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
11 May 1902 |
Carlisle, Fayette Co., WV [3] |
| Family ID |
F6723 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Martha Bailes, b. 1 Feb 1914, Maysel, Clay Co., WV d. 4 Mar 2000, Gallipolis, Gallia Co., OH (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Dec 1933 |
Nicholas Co., WV [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Reola Mae King, b. 18 Jun 1934, Mount Nebo, Nicholas Co., WV d. 26 Feb 1937, Summersville, Nicholas Co., WV (Age 2 years) |
| | 2. Leroy Duane King, b. 3 Jan 1936, Summersville, Nicholas Co., WV d. 3 Sep 2023, Maricopa Co., AZ (Age 87 years) |
| | 3. Bonnie Alma King, b. 16 Feb 1939, Gad, Nicholas Co., WV d. 13 Mar 2018, Demossville, Pendleton Co., KY (Age 79 years) |
| | 4. Rethael Janet King |
| | 5. Rev. Dewey Stanton King, b. 31 Aug 1943, Summersville, Nicholas Co., WV d. 22 Mar 2024, Pineville, Mecklenburg Co., NC (Age 80 years) |
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| Family ID |
F6746 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Oct 2015 |
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| Notes |
- The Charleston Daily Mail, Thursday, 28 August 1969
SUMMERSVILLE - The funeral for Dorsey P. King, 66, of Mount Nebo, who died Wednesday at Charleston General Hospital of injuries received in a two-car accident Aug. 2 at Mount Nebo, will be Friday at 2 p.m. in White Funeral Home here.
Service will be conducted by the Rev. Allen Gallimore and the Rev. Orville Crook and burial will follow in Backus Cemetery near Summersville.
Mr. King, a former Charleston Gazette carrier, was a member of Modern Woodmen of America and Hickory Grove United Methodist Church at Mount Nebo.
Survivors: wife, Martha; sons, Leroy D. of Ajo, Ariz., the Rev. Dewey King of Zanesville, Ohio; daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Orcutt of Bellevue, Ky., Mrs. Janet Nipp of Medway, Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Martha Bragg [sic] of Danese and Mrs. Willa Cunningham of Elyria, Ohio.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.
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| Sources |
- [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 69011861 (1969), Dorsey Powhatan King, accessed 13 Sep 2023. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), death certificate 4620 (1937), Reola Mae King, accessed 13 Sep 2023. (Reliability: 3).
birthplace of father, Dorsey King, listed as Scarbro, W. Va.
- [S103] Fayette Co., WV MB 1889-1903.
- [S814] Nicholas Co., WV Marriage Record.
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