Dennis F. King, 86, of Memphis, Texas, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Memphis.
Services took place at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at the Memphis Church of Christ, with Jim Dixon and Tom Anderson officiating. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery in Memphis. Arrangements were by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Dennis was born July 19, 1937, in Vinson, Okla., to Floyd Lecoy and Ollie Esther Cheatwood King. He had been a resident of Memphis since 1951.
A U.S. Army veteran, Dennis married Vada Corene Williams on June 7, 2006, in Memphis. He had been a truck driver most of his life and was very involved in the DENNIS F. KING
Memphis community. He had served as the Vice Commander of Post 125 of the American Legion and as President of the Fairview Cemetery Association.
Dennis enjoyed trap shooting, loved hunting and fishing and enjoyed planning his family reunions. Dennis served as a member of the Memphis Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd and Esther King; three brothers, Delmar, Emmitt and Alfred Lee King; and two sisters, Patsy King and Desi Fronterhouse.
Survivors include his wife, Vada King; a son, Dennis Floyd King Jr., and wife Dianne; four daughters, Kathryn King Robinson and husband Billy, Amanda King Hardesty and husband Roy Daniel, Tina Maxwell and husband Richard and Amanda Green and husband Ken; a sister, Jocie Hunter; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The family has requested that memorials be sent to the Fairview Cemetery Association in Memphis.
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