King, Donald L
Donald Lankford King, 85, died Friday, November 26, 2010 at his residence. Funeral services were conducted on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Swan Creek Baptist Church with Chris Gowan and Dwight Lyles officiating. Interment followed in the Kittrell Cemetery. McDonald Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. King was born August 15, 1925 in Maury County to the late Argles and Pearl Kennedy King. He was a farmer, a fish cooker at Swan View Restaurant and an employee of the Tennessee Highway Department. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Clifford Sr., Carl, Claude, William, Earnest and Lawrence King; sisters, Cora Lee Lindsey, Neva Beckum, Mary Ellen Lane and Mary Francis King. Survivors include his wife, Betty Lou Allen King of Hampshire; three sons, Michael King (Elizabeth) of Mt. Pleasant, Morris King (Betty) and Mark King (Mary Jane), both of Hampshire; sisters-in-law, Nora King and Wilma King, both of Mt. Pleasant, and Juanita King of Hohenwald; also four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.