Henry (Ray)McCumber King
Watertown Daily Times Dec.22,1955
Henry M. King dies at Adams
Retired W.S.Rice,Inc.Employe Decendant of Clayton Pioneer Family
Adams;Dec.22-Henry(Ray)McCumber King,72,died this morning at 4:05 at his home,31 Wardwell St. In failing health for the past seven years,Mr.King suffered from a heart ailment.
He was a retired employeof W.S.Rice.Inc.firm here and was in past years an active baseball player on area teams,a devoted sportman and horsefancier.
There will be a prayer service Saturday morning at 10:30 at the home,followed by the funeral at 11 at Emmanuel Episcopal church. Rev.Robert C. Ayers vicar,will offciate,and burial will be in Depauville. Friends may call at the home Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 and in the evening from 7 to 9.
The family has asked that flowers be omitted in favor of contributions to Emmanual Episcopal church,to be made through Lynn Munson,28 Prospect St.
Mr. King's wife Mrs.Irene H.King and a daughter,Miss Flora King,librarian at the Middleburg Central School,survive. Mr. King was a descendant of a pioneer settler family in the town of Clayton. He was born on the King homestead farm on the Clayton-Depauville road,Sept.14,1883 a son of Frederick and Flora McCumber King. The land there had been cleared by Mr. King's grandfather McCumber,its original white settler.
Following his education at Clayton schools,Mr. King taught in the rural district schools of Clayton for eight years. He married Miss Irene Halliday,daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Charles Halliday of Wolfe Island,Ont.,Jan.12,1910 at St. John's Episcopal church,Clayton.
Mr. King returned to the homestead farm after his teaching career and ran the farm operation for twelve years. In 1922,Mr. and Mrs.King moved to Adams and for the next 27 years he was emploed by W.S.Rice,Inc. here. Illness forced his retirement in 1950.
He was a member and formervestman of Emmanual Episcopal church,and had in the past been active in fraternal organigations.
( Miss Irene Halliday was daughter of Charles Victor Halliday and Isabelle Mae (Bamford)Halliday )
Henry (Ray)McCumber King
Watertown Daily Times Dec.22,1955
Henry M. King dies at Adams
Retired W.S.Rice,Inc.Employe Decendant of Clayton Pioneer Family
Adams;Dec.22-Henry(Ray)McCumber King,72,died this morning at 4:05 at his home,31 Wardwell St. In failing health for the past seven years,Mr.King suffered from a heart ailment.
He was a retired employeof W.S.Rice.Inc.firm here and was in past years an active baseball player on area teams,a devoted sportman and horsefancier.
There will be a prayer service Saturday morning at 10:30 at the home,followed by the funeral at 11 at Emmanuel Episcopal church. Rev.Robert C. Ayers vicar,will offciate,and burial will be in Depauville. Friends may call at the home Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 and in the evening from 7 to 9.
The family has asked that flowers be omitted in favor of contributions to Emmanual Episcopal church,to be made through Lynn Munson,28 Prospect St.
Mr. King's wife Mrs.Irene H.King and a daughter,Miss Flora King,librarian at the Middleburg Central School,survive. Mr. King was a descendant of a pioneer settler family in the town of Clayton. He was born on the King homestead farm on the Clayton-Depauville road,Sept.14,1883 a son of Frederick and Flora McCumber King. The land there had been cleared by Mr. King's grandfather McCumber,its original white settler.
Following his education at Clayton schools,Mr. King taught in the rural district schools of Clayton for eight years. He married Miss Irene Halliday,daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Charles Halliday of Wolfe Island,Ont.,Jan.12,1910 at St. John's Episcopal church,Clayton.
Mr. King returned to the homestead farm after his teaching career and ran the farm operation for twelve years. In 1922,Mr. and Mrs.King moved to Adams and for the next 27 years he was emploed by W.S.Rice,Inc. here. Illness forced his retirement in 1950.
He was a member and formervestman of Emmanual Episcopal church,and had in the past been active in fraternal organigations.
( Miss Irene Halliday was daughter of Charles Victor Halliday and Isabelle Mae (Bamford)Halliday )
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