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Herschel Coy King, 80

Altamont resident and Grundy County native Herschel Coy King, 80, was born March 27, 1927 and died April 25 at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma following an extended illness.

A retired employee of General Motors, a United States Navy veteran of WWII and a member of the Nondenominational Church, he was the son of the late Henry and Minnie Etta Sanders King. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Minnie Lee Scruggs King; two brothers, Corbett H. King and Ivan Loren King; and three sisters, Ruby King, Florence Cummings, and Dorothy Sue King. He was married Dec. 26, 1975 to Bertha Alice Johnson King of Altamont.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by four sons, Jerry King of Cleveland, Ohio, Ivan Dean King of the Rocky River community, David Wayne King of McMinnville and Robert L. King of Cleveland, Ohio; daughter, Anna Faye Gugliemotto of Cleveland, Ohio; 11 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Rosa Lee Greene of Woodbury and Evalene Roberts of the Tarlton community and brother, Nelson King of Morrison.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at High?s Chapel with Charles ?Cotton? Ross officiating. Burial will follow at Altamont Cemetery with full military honors to be administered by the American Legion Post 173 and VFW Post 5064. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. until time of service Sunday at High?s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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