Visitation will be from 8:00 a.m. until funeral time at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Moses Baptist Church, 1032 Canal Blvd. in Thibodaux, LA. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Laura Hudson King; sons, Oliver, Jr., Alvin and Philip King; daughters, Laura Mae Howard, Dianne K. Flakes and Bobbie Jean King; twenty-three grandchildren; fifty-five great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; brother, Albert King; sisters, Elnora Ingram, Eva Broussard, Liza Broomfield and Lois Watkins.
He was preceded in death by his son, Eric Lionel King; daughter, Mary Jane King; two great grandchildren; parents, Willie, Sr. and Louise Williams King; brothers, Willie, Jr., Alex, Sr., Junius and Clarence King; sisters, Golena Wright, Louise Robertson and Eula Mae Robinson.
Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma.