King, Elwood Keith 1920-2004

KING, BROOKS, JAMES

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Date: 2/1/2008 at 20:54:10

Funeral services for Elwood Keith King, 84, of Springfield, Mo., who passed away on Oct. 24, were held Oct. 28 at Williams Funeral Home with Pastor Stephen Bagby officiating. Interment was in the Olive Chapel Cemetery in rural Marion County.

Elwood Keith King was born on Aug. 28, 1920, in Marion County. He was one of two children born to Beryle Brooks and Clarence Erwin King. King grew up on a farm south of Knoxville. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1937. King and his father were the first farmers in the area to begin contour farming. On April 11, 1941, King married Lucinda A. James. They had eight children.

After his wife's death in 1994, Keith moved to Springfield, Mo. to live with his two daughters.

King was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one son, David Lee King; one sister, Cathryn Woodle and one grandchild, Helen Marie.

He is survived by two daughters, Kay King and Linda Whitt of Springfield, Mo.; five sons: Kenneth King of Eagan, Minn.; Wayne and his wife, Sue, of Hurst, Texas; Jay and his wife, Sue, of Knoxville; Rex and his wife, Anne, of Aurora, Ill. and Michael and his wife, Kathy, of Hutchinson, Minn.; 16 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Olive Chapel Church. Williams Funeral Home assisted the family with the arrangements.

The Knoxville Journal Express, November 12, 2004