Extracted from The Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
SOLOMAN S. KING
Death claimed the life of Soloman S. King, 73, Ellisville, Monday morning in a local hospital, following a brief illness.
Mr. King was born in Smith County. He was a retired farmer and had lived in Ellisville for the past five years. He was a member of the West Ellisville Baptist Church and the Soso Masonic Lodge.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Thompson Funeral Home.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mittie S. King; seven daughters, Mrs. Virginia Upton, Mrs. Loretta Gilbert and Mrs. Lounette Blaskey, all of Royal Oak, Mich.; Mrs. Etha Ellery, Lum, Mich.; Mrs. Ollie Lelito, Clawson, Mich.; Mrs. Georgia Blaskey, Inkster, Mich.; and Mrs. Louise Bush, Royal Oak, Mich.;
One son, T. A. King, Clawson, Mich.; 24 grandchildren, one great grandchild; three sisters, Mrs. Montie McLeod, Mt. Olive; Mrs. Oice Massey, Purvis, and Mrs. Flois McCarty, Route 3, Taylorsville; two brothers, Flynn King and Emmett King, both of Taylorsville.
Thompson Funeral is in charge.
Extracted from The Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
SOLOMAN S. KING
Funeral services for Soloman S. King, 73, Ellisville, who died Monday, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday from West Ellisville Baptist Church. Conducting the service will be Rev. Herbert Kinmon and Rev. J. W. Fagan.
Burial will be in Ellisville Cemetery with Masonic rites at the graveside. Members of Soso Masonic Lodge No. 414 will serve as pallbearers.
The body is at Thompson Funeral Home. It will be carried to the church at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Monday, April 3, 1961
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Tuesday, April 4, 1961