Obituary of Billie Ann King

Graveside services for Billie Ann King, 69, New, London, will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 31, at Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Overton, with Reverend James Boatman officiating under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mrs King died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 in a Tyler hospital. She was born January 28, 1939 in Dallas to the late Raymond D. and Mattie L. Washburn Preston. She married Charles H. King, Sr. November 23, 1952 in Bullard and moved to New London in 1962 from Kilgore. She worked as a nurses aide for Sunshine Nursing Home until her retirement in 1996 and she was a member of the Rocky Mount Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a son, John Raymond King, in 2005 and a granddaughter, Natasha King in 1985. Survivors include her husband, Charles H. King Sr. of New London; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Charles H. 'Chuck' King, Jr. of New London, Jarvis Ray and Cherri King of Joinerville, and David Aaron and Marilyn King of New London; a daughter, Mary Louise King, a brother, Paul Ernest Preston of Bullard, two sisters, Ruby Dean Ellis of Mt Selman, and Mary Helen Yanez of Rowlett; nine grandchildren, Charles King, III, David Earl King, Jarvis Ray King, Jr., Jennifer Beall, Christy King, Seath Aaron King, Jeremy David King, Tristan Tyler King and Fawn Rachelle King; seventeen great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Visitation will be 7:00 pm until 9:00 p.m., Thursday, October 30 at the funeral home.