PRECIOUS DELORIS KING

ON MAY 6, 1946, PRECIOUS D. KING WAS BORN IN FITZGERALD GA AND RAISED IN MIAMI FL WHERE SHE ATTENDED BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER RECEIVING HER HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, SHE WENT ON TO START HER CAREER AS A SOCIAL WORKER AT MARTINARY HOMES. GIVEN THE NATURAL DESIRE TO CARE FOR PEOPLE, SHE LATER BECAME MANAGER AND THEN GENERAL MANAGER. PRECIOUS RECEIVED MULTIPLE REWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS FOR HER ROLES AT MARTINARY HOMES. AFTER RETIREMENT PRECIOUS WENT ON TO LIVE HER LIFE CARING AND NURTURING OTHERS AS SHE GOT TO SEE HER CHILDREN, HER GRANDCHILDREN AND HER GREAT GRANDCHILDREN GROW. SHE WAS ALSO BLESSED TO ENJOY BEAUTIFUL MEMORABLE MOMENTS WITH SO MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. PRECIOUS “GRAN-GRAN” KING WOULD BE THE MOST CARING SWEETEST, FORGIVING, PATIENT, HAPPIEST, AND FAITHFUL PERSON YOU KNOW HER FAVORITE WORDS WERE LITERALLY “I LOVE YOU” WITH A HEART SO PURE SHE LOVED EVERYONE SHE CARED FOR EVERYONE AND SHE WANTED IT TO BE KNOWN. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER EMANUEL HAWKINS; HUSBAND JAMES KING JR; SONS, CHARLES HAWKINS, JAMES KING III; DAUGHTER FRANCENA KING, AND GRANDSON D’ANGELO SPILLER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER, EMANUEL HAWKINS JR, DAUGHTER, VERNA KING; SON, TYRONE DUNKLEY; GRANDSONS, ALLEN KING, LESSIE SPILLER, MARCUS SPILLER, GRANDDAUGHTERS QUINZETTA O’NEAL-HALL, SANDRENA WELL, ABRIL ANDERSON, SHAKIRA KINGBEECHER, JOHNNICA BELL, VERNMEKA SPILLER; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, JOHNNISHA THOMAS, ZANIYAH WRIGHT, PARRISHA HILL, NE’LLA KING, LANAYA LUCK, DEMARCUS ALEXZANDER, CEDNERRIA DEAN, REBECCA DEAN, ALLEN KING JR, MASON SUAREZ, MADDIX SUAREZ, ADEN KING, DASHUAN MUSGROVE, JEROME WELLS AND CHANEL WELLS; GODSON, KENNY LOGAN, AND MANY OTHER LOVING FAMILY AND FRIENDS

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