Howard W. King

Howard W. King, 66, of 226 Indian Ridge Drive, Leicester, went to be with the Lord Thursday, February 3, 2005, at his home. Mr. King was born in Buncombe County and was the son of the late Earl H. and Allie Sharpe King. He was a lifetime resident of Leicester and was a retired contract driver for Owen Enterprises Trucking Company. He was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. He was a loving husband for 46 years to his wife, Peggy Smith King and is also survived by two daughters, Sharon Lundberg and her husband Bruce and Amy Cameron and her husband Rob, all of Colorado; two sons, Joel H. King of Weaverville and Craig W. King of Candler; five grandchildren, Candace King, Joel King, Jr., Whitney King, Allie Lundberg and Andrew Lundberg; seven sisters, Lucy Jones and her husband Andrew, Argylle (Mrs. Russell) Wells, Jeanette Teague and her husband Jerry, Thelma Wines and her husband Howard, Geraldine Capps and her husband Ronnie, Marie Parker and her husband Glen and Glenda Henson and her husband Roy. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Beulah Baptist Church with the Revs. Ricky Wolfe and Claude Surrett officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Nephews will be pallbearers. His family will receive friends from 7:00 - 9:00p.m. Saturday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue. Flowers will be accepted or memorials maybe made to Beulah Baptist Church.