A virtual service for Chester Carroll King, 88, of Lawrenceville, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 24, in the Gwinnett Chapel of Wages & Sons Funeral Home. Interment will be at Yonah Memorial Gardens, Demorest.
Mr. King passed away April 19, 2020.
Born Nov. 27, 1931, in Houston, Texas, he was a son of the late Otho Carroll King and Pauline Lokey King. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Norma Byrd King; and his brother, Gordon Lee King.
He graduated from Lamar High School in 1949. After serving three years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Houston in 1958 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.
He is survived by his daughters, Carol (Carl) Walls of Lawrenceville, and Paula King of Clarkesville; and son, Kevin (Michele) King of Acworth; his grandchildren, Kathryn (Matt) Glaze Thacker, Rebecca Ann Glaze, Jessica Anne King, and Jacob Patrick King; as well as many nieces and nephews.
Professionally, Chester retired from Tenneco Oil Company with 31 years of Financial Services/Retail Credit management in Houston and Atlanta. He consulted in Retail Marketing for five years; and after he and Norma retired to the north Georgia mountains in 1996, he served as a church administrator for 14 years. Music, primarily sacred music, was his passion. With a Licentiate Diploma in Organ Performance from Trinity College in London in 1955, throughout his life he shared his gift of music - studying piano at the Houston Conservatory of Music; privately instructing piano and organ; serving as the church organist or pianist for almost 40 years in several Protestant congregations; and composing sacred music. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Cornelia.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to First Baptist Church of Cornelia, P.O. Box 96, Cornelia, GA 30531. Online condolences may be expressed at wagesandsons.com.
Arrangements are in the care of Wages and Sons, Gwinnett Lawrenceville Chapel.