Opal Sneed King, 89, of Athens, died Saturday morning, May 21, 2005, at NHC Health Care of Athens.
A lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Riley Robert and Lue Kinser Sneed. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Benjamin King, on July 14, 1995; one granddaughter, Kathy Lamb; six sisters, Willie Mae Kennedy, Annie Bell Hughes, Ethel Womac, Myrtle Sneed, Arcie Goforth and Lissie ODaniel; and six brothers, Homer, Roy, Delmer, Ernie, Sam and Henry Sneed. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Kathern and Fred Henry of Athens; three sons and daughters-in-law, Hugh V. and Carol King of Titusville, Fla., Cecil and Sue King of Decatur, and Bobby and Lorene King of Madisonville; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; a special niece and nephew, Christine and J.L. "Sonny" Farner; and special caregivers at NHC Health Care of Athens.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Jerry Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Jason Kennedy, a special great-nephew, officiating. Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in McMinn Memory Gardens with grandsons serving as pallbearers.
The body will be in state at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Monday, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
Jerry Smith Funeral Home of Athens is serving the family of Opal Sneed King.
Opal Sneed King, 89, of Athens, died Saturday morning, May 21, 2005, at NHC Health Care of Athens.
A lifelong resident of McMinn County, she was a daughter of the late Riley Robert and Lue Kinser Sneed. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Benjamin King, on July 14, 1995; one granddaughter, Kathy Lamb; six sisters, Willie Mae Kennedy, Annie Bell Hughes, Ethel Womac, Myrtle Sneed, Arcie Goforth and Lissie ODaniel; and six brothers, Homer, Roy, Delmer, Ernie, Sam and Henry Sneed. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Kathern and Fred Henry of Athens; three sons and daughters-in-law, Hugh V. and Carol King of Titusville, Fla., Cecil and Sue King of Decatur, and Bobby and Lorene King of Madisonville; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; a special niece and nephew, Christine and J.L. "Sonny" Farner; and special caregivers at NHC Health Care of Athens.
Funeral services will be 8 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Jerry Smith Funeral Home with the Rev. Jason Kennedy, a special great-nephew, officiating. Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in McMinn Memory Gardens with grandsons serving as pallbearers.
The body will be in state at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Monday, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.
Jerry Smith Funeral Home of Athens is serving the family of Opal Sneed King.
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