Mrs. Annie Lou King, age 89, of Dyer, Tennessee, passed away from this life on December 18, 2013, at the Dyer Nursing Home. Funeral services for Mrs. King will be conducted on Friday, December 20, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Dyer with Bro. Corey Meggs officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery of Dyer.
Mrs. Annie Lou Hayes King was born January 3, 1924, in Humboldt, Tennessee; the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. and Willie Cleo Bonds Hayes. She retired as a cafeteria worker from Dyer Elementary School. Mrs. King was a member of New Hope Baptist Church.
Mrs. King is survived by children, Brenda Gray and James King; seven grandchildren, Jeff Gray, Kim Evans, Joey Selph, Leah Evans, Christopher King, Brian King and Jennifer McCall; nine great-grandchildren, Hannah Evans, Brooklyn Farley, Justin Wiggins, Katelyn McCall, Peyton Selph, Braxton Selph, Addyson Selph, Larry Gray, and Carson King; also two step-great-grandchildren, B. J. Evans, and Brandon Adair.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J. W. King and daughter, Sheila Snider.
Pallbearers will be Joey Hays, Jeff Gray, Brian King, Thornton King, Joey Selph, and Bill Locher.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, December 19. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Annie Lou King.