Mrs. Thelma Peacock King, 102, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Byrneville, Fla., and had been a member of the Atmore community since 1944 coming from Byrneville. She attended Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and was a homemaker.
She is survived by five generations of family, her son, Earl D. King of Atmore; daughters, Thelma ‘Tina’ Christine Lowell of Atmore, Marie Jackson of Pensacola, Fla., Margaret McCourt of Navarre, Fla., and Pauline Floyd of Montgomery; a sister, Mary Morris of Jay, Fla.; twenty-two grandchildren and sixty great- grandchilden and numerous great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held Saturday, May 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Flomaton Funeral Home chapel.
Funeral services will be held graveside on Sunday, May 20, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Mark Peacock officiating at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Atmore, with Flomaton Funeral Home directing.
Pallbearers will be Phillip Rayburn, Clint King, Christopher Chandler, Thomas Lynn, Brandon Lynn, Kirk Kirkland, and Brandon Jackson.
Please share your memories and condolences with the family at www.flomatonfh.com.