Edwin Martin King, Sr

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Edwin Martin King, Sr

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Irvington, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 22, 1963 (72)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: Irvington, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Eugene King and Frances Eleanora King
Husband of Merle Iris King and Miss Merrill
Brother of Annie N King; Anthony "Tony" Patrick King; Charles H King; Leo Robert King; James Elmer King and 6 others

Managed by: Bernie Alvey
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About Edwin Martin King, Sr

Father, James Eugene King Mother, Frances Eleanora "Nora" Buckman

Edwin married Merle Merrill about 1917 in Detroit, MI.

Documents below abstracted by Dolores Bohn of Louisville, KY. Kentucky Death Records Certificate # 12147; 4-22-1963; age 72; listed as Edwin M. King; resided and died in Jefferson Co., Ky. On the SSDI, listed as Edwin King; birth date, Sep. 3, 1889; death date, April 1963; age 73; last residence, (Michigan); SSN was issued in Michigan.

The Courier-Journal, Tuesday, 4/23/1963. EDWIN MARTIN KING - A former employee of the Sealtest Foods Division of the National Dairy Products Corporation, Edwin Martin King, died at 7:30 a.m. Monday at his home, 688 S. 43d. He was 72, a native of Irvington, Ky., and a Sealtest employee for 40 years before he retired. Survivors are three sons, Edwin Martin King, Jr., and James King, both of Detroit and Robert King, Dayton, Ohio; a sister, Sister Mary Denice, of Loretto; four brothers, A. E. King, Webster, Ky.; A. P. and James E. King, Rineyville, Ky.; and Arthur King, and eight grandchildren. The funeral will be at 9 a.m. at Christ the King Church. Burial will be in Guardian Angel Cemetery (Note: This is an error. It is Mt. Merino Cemetery), Irvington. The body is at the Arch L. Heady Southern Funeral Home, 3601 Taylor Boulevard.

The Courier-Journal, Tuesday, 4/23/1963. KING, MR. EDWIN MARTIN Passed away April 22, 1963, 7:30 a.m., in his 72nd year, at his residence, 688 So. 43rd St. Loving father of Mr. Edwin Martin, Jr., James, and Robert King. Brother of Sister Mary Denice, Messrs. A. P., James E., Arthur, and A. E. King. Eight grandchildren. Services for Mr. King will be conducted in the Arch L. Heady Southern Funeral Home, 3601 Taylor Blvd., Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. and Christ the King Church at 9 a.m. Interment Mt. Merino Cemetery, Irvington, Ky. Family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Masses.

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Edwin Martin King, Sr's Timeline

1890
September 2, 1890
Irvington, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States
1963
April 22, 1963
Age 72
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
April 22, 1963
Age 72
Mount Merino Cemetery, Irvington, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States