Submitted by Emily O'Neal
Rome News Tribune February 19, 1985
Mrs. Essie L. Wilson Dies After Illness; Funeral is Wednesday
Mrs. Bessie R. King, 80, 96 Reece Dr., N.E. died Monday morning at a Rome health-care center. Mrs. King was born in Tennesee, Nov. 20, 1903, daughter of
the late John A. Reece and Daisy Green Reece. She had lived most of her life in Floyd County and was a member of Redmond Road Church of Christ. Mrs. King
was preceded in death by her husband, Henry A. King, June 9, 1984.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. William Evans, Rome; two sons, Norman King, Marietta and Tom King, Rome; four sisters, Mrs. Jewell H. Woodward,
Atlanta, Mrs. Doyal Hendricks, Mrs. M.S. Amos and Mrs. Hoyt Branton, all of Rome; two brothers, Truman Reece and Frank Reece, both of Rome; eight
grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Talley Brothers Funeral Home, with David Patterson officiating. Interment will be in
Pleasant Valley North Cemetery.
(Note: Died February 18, 1985)