Frank B. King

Thursday, September 10, 1998

Frank B. King

Holbrook gas company retiree was veteran
Frank B. King, 73, of Wind Ridge, died at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, September 9, 1998, in his home, following a lengthy illness.

He was born November 3, 1924, in Wind Ridge, a son of David Pipes Sr. and Ora Maye Bowers King, and had been a resident of Wind Ridge all his life.
Mr. King was a member, elder and former deacon of Harmony Presbyterian Church in Wind Ridge.
He was a 1943 graduate of Richhill Township High School and was a veteran of the Korean conflict, serving in the U.S. Army as a corporal with Sv. Co. 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment.
Mr. King was employed by Texas Eastern Gas Co. for 36 1/2 years at the Holbrook station prior to his retirement as senior relief operator on November 3, 1989. He was a member and former chief of Richhill Volunteer Fire Department.
On September 29, 1950, he married Ilah Hope Slonaker, who died August 3, 1996.
Surviving are a son, Frank "Rick" King of Waynesburg; a daughter, Sandra K. King of Martinsburg, W.Va.; two sisters, Regina Braddock of Wind Ridge and Madeline Vanskiver of Waynesburg; and three grandchildren, Melissa, Mathew and Marcus King.
Deceased are a brother, David P. King Jr.; and a half sister, Gail Braddock.