Personal
Born: Apr 3, 1912 in Marshall, Harrison Co., TX
Died: Sep 10, 1995 in Crosbyton, Crosby Co., TX
Father: Lewis KING
Mother: Janie PATRICK
Occupation: teacher/journalist
Burial: Martin 5D Lot 15 Space 6
Obituary
Graveside services for Mabel King, 83, of Spur were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, 1995 in Spur Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Larry Burton, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, Spur, officiated.Campbell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
She died at 12:11 a.m. Sunday, September 10 at Crosbyton Clinic Hospital. Death was ruled as natural causes.
Her only survivor is a sister, Patti Albin, Spur.
She was a graduate of Spur High School, Class of 1928 and a cum laude graduate of Texas Women's University in 1932. She taught school at McAdoo and Peacock for many years. She moved to Mobile, Alabama in 1943 and was a journalist for the Mobile Press and register until her retirement.
©The Texas Spur, September 14, 1995
From the records of Lillian Grace Nay, Spur Museum, transcribed by B. Hodges, August 2004
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