Services for Ray King of Jayess, are 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21,at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel in Monticello with burial in CarmelBaptist Church in Monticello.

Visitation is Thursday from 8 a.m. until services at 2 p.m.

Mr. King, 71, died Jan. 20, 2010, at Lawrence County Hospital.He was born in Lawrence County on Sept. 6, 1938, to William JesseKing and Mary Cox.

He was a retired store owner. He served in the U.S. Army and wasa member of Oak Grove Pentecostal Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a brother, Alton King;and three sisters, Ruth Smith, Jessie Mae Watts and JaneTurner.

Survivors are his wife, Betty King, of Jayess; and two sons,Craig Larue King, of Brookhaven, and Timothy Ray King, ofMonticello; and four grandchildren.