William Sylvester King

Syl KingWilliam Sylvester King

Syl was born to Jim and Lou King on  6 Feb 1880 in a log house in Stringtown, near Purley in Franklin County TX.  Syl married Ada Virginia Davis on 14 Oct 1900.  Ada was born 30 Dec 1875  in Franklin County to James Stanton and Amanda Newsome Davis.  Eight children:
+Jewel King born in 1901, died at age nine months
+Jim Stant King born 22 May 1903
+Leone King born 13 Jan 1905
+Connie Thelma King born 6 Apr 1907
+Leita Charlene "Pete" King born 20 Jun 1910
+Gladys Hey King born in 1912, died at age seven months
+Robert Ray King (twin) born 11 Jan 1914
+Lella Mae King (twin) born 11 Jan 1914

(Links to photos of Syl, Ada, and their children are in Related Photos at the end of this page.)

The family lived in Tishomingo OK between 1905 and 1908, then moved back to Franklin County, where Syl rented and worked farms at Cypress, Purley and Stringtown.  In 1929, at the suggestion of his nephew Shelton King, Syl found a farm to rent near Hamlin TX.  On Thanksgiving Day of 1929 the family moved there, Syl riding in a railroad boxcar with the livestock, and the others, including Leone and her husband Earl Brown, traveling by car.

Syl rented and worked farms around Neinda for the next thirteen years.  On 2 Oct 1942, when he came in from the fields for lunch he found Ada in her rocking chair, dead.  She had died of a heart attack.  After her funeral and burial at Neinda, Syl sold his farm animals and equipment and lived with his daughters' families for several years.  Eventually his children Robert and Connie bought a little house for him in Hamlin.  He lived in it the rest of his life, maintaining independence as much as possible.  Syl died of leukemia in January of 1964.  He was buried beside Ada at Neinda on 11 Jan 1964, the 50th birthday of his two youngest children.

+Jim Stant King was born to Syl and Ada King on 22 May 1903 in Franklin County TX.  His name is the shortened form of Ada's father's name, James Stanton Davis.  Jim married Georgia Viola Threlkeld on 17 Dec 1924 in Tyler TX.  Four children:
++Evelyn Lurline King born 24 Jun 1928
++Dorothy LaNelle King born 14 Jul 1931 in Hamlin TX, died when hit by a car on 12 Feb 1937, buried in Williams Cemetery in Tyler TX
++Jimmy Lewis King born 19 Sep 1935
++Larry Ronald King born 4 Mar 1938
Jim earned his living as a carpenter and building contractor, working in Hamlin, Andrews, Victoria, Port Lavaca, and Tyler.  He died of lung cancer on 14 Jul 1975.  Viola died in San Antonio TX on 24 Mar 1997.  They are buried in Williams Cemetery in Tyler.

++Evelyn Lurline King was born to Jim and Viola King on 24 Jun 1928 in Mount Vernon TX.  She and David Abney were married 30 Apr 1950.  Two children:
+++Timothy Wayne Abney born 25 Mar 1951
+++Cynthia Lynn Abney born 22 Apr 1955
Evelyn and David divorced.  In 1970 Evelyn married JW Copeland.  One child:
+++Jody Lynn Copeland born 28 Jul 1972
Evelyn and JW divorced in 1981.  On 1 Dec 1989 Evelyn married James David Markle.  They divorced a few years later.

+++Timothy Wayne Abney was born to Evelyn and David Abney on 25 Mar 1951.  He married Cherry Ann Davis.  Two children:
++++Taylor Ann Abney born 30 May 1985
++++Brittany Lynn Abney born 30 Apr 1986
Tim and Cherry divorced.

+++Cynthia Lynn Abney was born to Evelyn and David Abney on 22 Apr 1955.  She married Jeffrey Clark Douglass.  Four children:
++++Spencer Clark Douglass born 22 Feb 1987
++++Tara Clair Douglass born 13 Apr 1989
++++Casey Carol Douglass born 18 Dec 1990
++++Noah Neal Douglass born 17 Apr 1993

+++Jody Lynn Copeland was born to Evelyn and JW Copeland on 28 Jul 1972.  She and Cary Dale Lewis were married in Helotes TX on 3 Dec 1994. Evelyn died 23 Aug 2003

++Jimmy Lewis King was born to Jim and Viola King on 19 Sep 1935.  He and Lucille Heibel were married in Victoria TX on 22 Aug 1953.  Jimmy and Lucille had three children:
+++Linda Diane King born 25 May 1954
+++Joyce LaNelle King born 21 Apr 1955
+++Susan Gail King born 25 Oct 1956
Jimmy and Lucille divorced.  Jimmy and Paula Von Zwick had one child:
+++Vivienne Leigh King born 26 Feb 1965, whereabouts since 1966 unknown
On 26 Sep 1968 Jimmy married Clara Jane Shumaker.  They had one child:
+++Jimmy Lewis King Jr born 18 Jul 1969

Jimmy died of lung problems on 21 Aug 1997 in Tennessee.  His body was cremated.

+++Linda Diane King was born to Jimmy and Lucille King on 25 May 1954 in Victoria TX.  She married Johnny Ray Faglie.  Three children:
++++Johnny Ray Faglie Jr born 19 Sep 1977
++++Sarah Faglie born 22 May 1983
++++Rachel Lynn Faglie born 15 Jun 1987
Linda and John divorced in 1996.

+++Joyce LaNelle King was born to Jimmy and Lucille King in Victoria TX on 21 Apr 1955.  She married Michael Hurley.  One child:
++++Sabrina Leigh Hurley born 1 Jul 1986

+++Susan Gail King was born to Jimmy and Lucille King on 25 Oct 1956 in Victoria TX.  She and Gerald Alan Adcock were married in Victoria on 10 Jul 1976.  Three children:
++++JR Adcock born 27 Feb 1977
++++Juergen Adcock born 12 Aug 1978
++++Gerald Adcock Jr born 21 Feb 1980
On 16 Dec 1996 Susan and Gerald became the legal guardians of Gerald's nephew:
++++Steele Lee Adcock born 5 May 1996

+++Jimmy Lewis King Jr was born to Jimmy and Jane King on 18 Jul 1969 in Washington DC.  He and Cindy Littlejohn were married 14 Oct 1992.  Cindy brought into the marriage three children:  Crystal, Ryan, and Reid Littlejohn.  Jimmy and Cindy had one child:
++++Dylan Randall King born 18 May 1993

++Larry Ronald King was born to Jim and Viola King on 4 Mar 1938 in Tyler TX.  He and Louise Shaver were married in 1960.  Two children:
+++Larry Michael King born 10 Jan 1961
+++Lori Ann King born 24 Sep 1964
Ronnie and Louise divorced.  Louise married Donald Fralicks in 1975.  Ronnie died from a bleeding ulcer on 4 Aug 1977 at his mother's house in Tyler.

+++Larry Michael King was born to Ronnie and Louise King on 10 Jan 1961 in Tyler TX.  He and Leslie June Wyatt were married on 3 May 1986.  They had no children, and later divorced.

+++Lori Ann King was born to Ronnie and Louise King on 24 Sep 1964.  She married Jim Davis.  One child:
++++Brandon Davis born 11 Nov 1985
Lori and Jim divorced, and Lori married Butch Jackson.

+Leone King was born to Syl and Ada King at her parents' home near Purley TX during a snowstorm on 13 Jan 1905.  She and Earl Brown were married on 6 Oct 1928 in Winnsboro TX.  One child:
++William Duane Brown born 9 Dec 1929
Leone and Earl had moved to Jones County TX along with Syl and Ada, and they remained in that area, with Leone working as a teacher.  Earl died in Hamlin TX in June of 1963.  In 1988 Leone moved into a retirement home in Arlington TX.  She died 20 Feb 1992 at the home of her sister Lella Elkins in Arlington. She and Earl are buried in Hamlin East Cemetery.

++William Duane Brown was born to Leone and Earl Brown in Jones County TX on 9 Dec 1929.  He and Alice Smith were married on 29 Dec 1954, in Austin TX.  They divorced in 1963.  In September of 1964, in Berkeley CA, Duane married Susan Jenson.  Two children:
+++Dylan Kenric Brown born 31 May 1970, single
+++Shannon Lee Brown born 3 Aug 1973, single
Duane died of melanoma in May of 1983.  His body was cremated.  In 1988 Sue married Bob Hansen.

+Connie Thelma King was born to Syl and Ada King on 6 Apr 1907 in Tishomingo OK.  She and Gordon Clark Green were married 5 May 1933 in Anson TX.  One child:
+++Robert Elvis Green born 21 Dec 1935
Connie and Gordon lived most of their working years in Driscoll TX, where Gordon was school superintendent and Connie a teacher.  In 1972, shortly after Gordon had a disabling stroke, they moved to Arlington TX.  In 1984 they moved to Hamlin, where Gordon was placed in a nursing home and Connie stayed with her sister Leone Brown.  She was moved into the same nursing home just before her death on 3 Mar 1985.  Gordon lived in a nursing home in Humble TX until his death on 7 Mar 1996.  Connie and Gordon are buried in Hamlin East Cemetery in the plot with Leone and Earl Brown.

++Robert Elvis Green was born to Connie and Gordon Green on 21 Dec 1935 in Hamlin TX.  He and Daisy Dena Barton were maried in Kingsville TX on 28 Aug 1959.  Three children:
+++Robert Clark Green born 7 Jun 1960
+++Richard Randall Green born 11 Nov 1961 in Kingsville TX
+++Russell Barton Green born 7 Sep 1966

+++Robert Clark Green was born to Elvis and Dena Green on 7 Jun 1960 in Kingsville TX.  He and Regina Burrows were married 7 Oct 1988 in Conroe TX.  By a previous marriage Regina had two children:  Vicki Burrows and Brandee Burrows.

+++Russell Barton Green was born to Elvis and Dena Green on 7 Sep 1966 in Kingsville TX.  He and Anne Rinse were married in Stockholm, Sweden, on 1 Jul 1989.  Two children:
++++Kevin Julius Robert Green born 21 Feb 1993 in Sweden
++++Justin Einor Christopher Green born 4 Aug 1994 in Sweden

+Leita Charlene "Pete" King was born to Syl and Ada King in Franklin County TX on 20 Jun 1910.  She and Cloda Thomas Hubbard were married in Neinda TX on 2 Jul 1930.  The wedding ceremony was held in the parsonage and performed by Cloda's father, who was a Baptist preacher.  Leita and Cloda lived in the west Texas towns of Tahoka, Littlefield, Levelland, Snyder, Colorado City, and Wellington, with Cloda in the banking business.  Two children:
++Kay Virginia Hubbard born 25 Dec 1937
++Tommy Chris Hubbard born 11 Dec 1949
Cloda died in Wellington on 27 Mar 1980.  Leita then moved to Colorado City, where both her children lived.  She died there on 13 Oct 1985.  After her funeral in Colorado City, she was taken to Wellington and buried beside Cloda.

++Kay Virginia Hubbard was born to Leita and Cloda Hubbard on 25 Dec 1937 in Lubbock TX.  She and Jerry Mitchell Gassiot were married on 30 Nov 1957 in Wellington TX.  Three children:
+++Mitchell Scott Gassiot born 30 Mar 1959
+++Tracey Jean Gassiot born 10 May 1963
+++Sherry Lyn Gassiot born 15 Apr 1968
Kay and Jerry divorced on 16 Feb 1971.  She and Donald Odell Fite were married in Wellington TX on 12 Jul 1974.  They were divorced on 1 Oct 1981.

+++Mitchell Scott Gassiot was born to Kay and Jerry Gassiot on 30 Mar 1959 in Amarillo TX.  He and Anna Kay Holbert were married 15 Sep 1979 in Colorado City TX.  One child:
++++Aimee Lauren Gassiot born 3 Nov 1982 in Amarillo TX
Scott and Anna divorced.  On 10 Mar 1990 Scott married Penny Brannan.  By a prior marriage Penny had two children:  Micah Brannan and Genese Brannan.

+++Tracey Jean Gassiot was born to Kay and Jerry Gassiot on 10 May 1963 in Corpus Christi TX.  She and Ricky McPhaul were married in Colorado City TX on 18 Jul 1981.  Three children:
++++Patrick Chase McPhaul born 17 Jun 1983
++++Calen Thomas McPhaul born 21 Feb 1987
++++Callie Raye McPhaul born 15 Mar 1990

+++Sherry Lyn Gassiot was born to Kay and Jerry Gassiot on 15 Apr 1968.  She and Michael Shayne Anderson were married 10 Oct 1992.  Three children:
++++Madison Clare Anderson born 7 Dec 1994
++++Gage Michael Anderson born 29 Sep 1997

++++Mallory Grace Anderson born 17 June 2003

++Tommy Chris Hubbard was born to Leita and Cloda Hubbard on 11 Dec 1949 in Colorado City TX.  He and Cecile Robertson were married on 17 May 1974 in El Dorado AR.  One child:
+++Christen Kay Hubbard born in Jackson MI on 30 Sep 1976
Chris and Cecile later divorced, and Cecile married Bobby Joe Means on 6 Jun 1992 in Arlington TX.

+Robert Ray King (twin) was born to Syl and Ada King on 11 Jan 1914 in Stringtown in Franklin County TX, in the log house where Syl was born.  He and Josephine Elizabeth Robinson (born in Jayton TX to Charley and Emma Robinson on 3 Oct 1916) were married on 9 Sep 1938.  Two children:
++Eileen King born 17 Jul 1939
++Jean King born 13 Mar 1947
Robert was a school administrator and Jo a teacher.  They worked for many years in various schools in Texas and New Mexico, then retired from the Alaska schools after working in Anchorage for ten years.  After living in Hawaii for two years they moved to Arlington TX, where Robert died from cancer on 4 Dec 1994.  His body was cremated and his remains placed at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Franklin County TX.

++Eileen King was born to Robert and Jo King in Spur TX on 17 Jul 1939.  She and Raul "Roy" Balli were married in Corpus Christi TX on 26 Oct 1963.  Three children:
+++Stephen Roy Balli born 28 Jan 1966
+++Elaine Sallie Balli born 13 Jan 1969
+++Donovan Gordon Balli born 8 Jul 1971 in Corpus Christi TX

+++Stephen Roy Balli was born to Eileen and Roy Balli on 28 Jan 1966 in Corpus Christi TX.  He and Jill Amber Estep (born 1 Jul 1975 in Midwest City OK) were married in Las Vegas NV on 1 Nov 1996.  Less than two years later, on 1 Oct 1998, they divorced. 

+++Elaine Sallie Balli was born to Eileen and Roy Balli in Corpus Christi TX on 13 Jan 1969.  Prior to marriage she had one child:
++++Nicolas Rey Balli born 7 Feb 1985 in Midwest City OK
Elaine and Joseph Adam Bunch (born 30 Nov 1967) were married in Del City OK on 21 Jul 1990.  One child:
++++Wesley James Bunch born in Virginia Beach VA on 9 Sep 1991

++Jean King was born to Robert and Jo King in Haskell TX on 13 Mar 1947.  She and Larry Alton Groce (born 19 Jun 1946) were married on 5 Jun 1969.  Two children:
+++Eric Ryan Groce born in Dallas TX on 10 Apr 1974
+++Kerry Annette Groce born in Dallas TX on 10 Nov 1979

+Lella Mae King (twin) was born to Syl and Ada King on 11 Jan 1914 in Stringtown in Franklin County TX, in the house where their father was born.  She and Ramon Kelsick Elkins were married 22 May 1936.  Two children:
++Ramona Charlene Elkins born 22 Feb 1937
++William David Elkins born 10 Oct 1945
Lel was a teacher for many years in and near Arlington TX.  Lel died on 27 Nov 2006 in Stephenville, TX.  Ramon died at home on Good Friday, 13 Apr 1990.  He is buried in Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington.

++Ramona Charlene Elkins was born to Lel and Ramon Elkins on 22 Feb 1937 in Hamlin TX.  She and John Culp were married on 27 Jul 1957.  Two children:
+++John Mark Culp born 4 Mar 1958
+++Paul Culp born 23 Jan 1960

+++John Mark Culp was born to Ramona and John Culp on 4 Mar 1958 in Fort Worth TX.  He and Marguerite "Maggie" Harris, who later changed her given name to Rachel, were married 9 Nov 1983.  One child:
++++Jason Harrison Culp born 12 May 1985 in Chillicothe OH
John Mark and Rachel divorced, and he married Barbara Groh in Asheville NC on 16 Oct 1999.

+++Paul Devins Culp was born to Ramona and John Culp on 23 Jan 1960 in Fort Worth TX.  He and Jeanne Nye were married 2 Jan 1993 in Harrisburg PA.  One child:
++++Alexandra Ailene Culp born 7 Apr 1996 in Harrisburg PA

++William David Elkins was born to Lel and Ramon Elkins on 10 Oct 1945 in Dallas TX.  He and Judy Kay Plemons were married on 30 Mar 1968.  Two children:
+++Michael David Elkins born 12 Nov 1973 in Arlington TX
+++Steven Jonathan Elkins born 18 Dec 1979 in El Paso TX
Return to:Related files:Related photos:
Jim and Lou King's Home Page
Syl and Ada's children c 1917
Jim, Leone, and Connie c 1908
Five Kings at Pleasant Hill


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