City: Chattanooga
KING, Theo. F., Second Vice-President Volunteer State Life Insurance Company; born Memphis, Tenn., June 27, 1864; son Thomas Jefferson and Laura Jane (McGhee) KING; educated institutions of learning Shelby County, Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; married Maria Lou STAINBACK; member K. of P., Elks, Masons (Fellowcraft), Mountain City Club, Golf and Country Club of Chattanooga; Director of Chicamauga Trust Company; Trustee of Dyer County, Tenn., 1886-92; Comptroller of State of Tennessee 1899-04; resigned 1904; entered public life as Trustee of Dyer County 1886; entered insurance field as one of the organizers of Volunteer State Life Insurance Company, with offices in Chattanooga, 1903 and was elected its first Second Vice-President and Manager of Agencies; stockholder in various banks and commercial enterprises in State; Presbyterian.
