Betty Lou Sullivan King

Published 5:00 am Friday, November 2, 2007

Services for Betty Lou Sullivan King, of Liberty, will be heldat 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Jones Family Funeral Services inMcComb, with burial in Lowe Cemetery in Copiah County at 1 p.m. TheRev. Gerald Wicker will officiate.

Visitation is Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home,and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service.

Mrs. King, 71, died Nov. 1, 2007, at her residence. She was bornon Sept. 19, 1936, in Amite County to Clinton Truly and LucilleLaird Sullivan.

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She was retired, having worked for Croft Metals, KellwoodCompany, M.L. Lynch Company and Pop Jackson’s Grocery. She was amember of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Amite County.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, LutherReginald King; an infant son, Reginald Ray King and a brother,Daniel Sullivan.

Survivors are her sons and daughters-in-law, Tony and JoyceKing, of Liberty, and Robert and Sherry King, of Wesson; herdaughters and son-in-law, Frances and Ricky Thompson, of Liberty,and Louise King, of Tylertown; her brothers and sisters-in-law,William Clinton “Pete” Sullivan and Eloise, of Columbus, BillyWayne Sullivan and Carolyn, of Bude, and Paul Sullivan and Phyllis,of Liberty; her sisters and brothers-in-law, Christine and FritzOberlies, of Gulfport, Cora Annette Jones, of McComb, Emma SueTarver, of Smithdale, and Sarah Alice and Roger Arnold, of Liberty;her 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and numerousnieces and nephews.

Pallbearers are Joseph Thompson, Reginald King, Stacey Thomas,Gabe Sullivan, Danny Sullivan, Roger Sullivan, Dusty Sullivan andGreg Colclasure.