1/18/2008
Wayne King
ASHEBORO — Mr. Joseph Wayne King , 68, of Zoo Parkway, died Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at Randolph Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. King will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Grace Community Fellowship, Ramseur, N.C. Pastor Kenneth H. Huggins and Pastor Arnold Comer will officiate.
Burial will follow in the Bethel Christian Church cemetery, Burlington, N.C. The family will receive friends at Ridge Funeral Home in Asheboro from 6 until 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Mr. King was born February 28, 1939, in Caswell County, N.C., a son of the late Joseph H. King and Eva Walker King .
He worked at Strider Buick in Asheboro and formerly with Yadkin Valley Chevrolet in Denton. In the past he had also been associated with NASCAR and had owned and operated a number of businesses in High Point, Archdale and Trinity. A member of the Grace Community Fellowship, he also served in the National Guard and was a Mason and Shriner.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Tom King and Lewis King .
Survivors include his wife, Donna Young King ; two sons, Joseph Harold King of Trinity and Chris King and his wife, Jane, of Boynton Beach, Fla.; a daughter, Cheryl Jones and her husband, Marty, of East Bend; and their mother, Sylvia King of Trinity. There are also three stepchildren, Brian Lanier of Denton, Kristen Lanier of Danville, Va. and Keitha Johnson and husband, Derrick, of Clayton, N.C.; grandchildren include Ryan King and Allie King ; three stepgrandchildren, Andrew Johnson, Morgan Johnson, and Meagan Johnson.
He is also survived by four sisters, Mammie Sue Simmons and husband, Junior, Louise Madkins and Mary Alice Madden, all of Caswell and Rachel Pope and her husband, Harry, of Burlington.
Memorials for Mr. King may be sent to Grace Community Fellowship, 7500 U.S. Highway 64 East, Ramseur, N.C. or Randolph Cancer Center, 713 S. Fayetteville St., Asheboro, N.C. 27203.
Lady’s Funeral Home & Crematory of Kannapolis is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
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