Judy King's obituary
From Fred:
Judith (Judy) Louise Croom King, born October 25, 1945, and born again in the fall of 1972, entered the presence of her Lord Jesus Christ on Oct. 21. Her husband and son were at her side.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Pitser Blalock and Fletcher Metcalfe Croom and brother, Hunter Metcalfe Croom. Survived by husband, Fred King; children: Thomas Blalock & Anna Lee King and Sarah Elizabeth & Christian Duncan Farmer; grandchildren: Juliette Louise King, Robert Thomas King, Victor Alexander Farmer, Anastasia Alexandra Farmer, Dennis Duncan Farmer, Dima Thomas Farmer, and Anya Elizabeth Farmer; great-grandson, Nickles Grande Farmer; sister and brother-in-law, Emily Anne Croom and Robert Shelby.
Also surviving are an aunt, Mary Katherine Earney; and Fred's siblings and their spouses, Audrey VanDemark, Mary and Dan Posey, Tim and Peggy King, Terry King, Alan and Janet King, and Tyra King; and cousins, nieces and nephews.
Judy and her Bellaire High School sweetheart, Fred, had their first date in November 1962. Judy was co-valedictorian of their class, 1963.
She earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree with special honors in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 1967.
Judy and Fred married July 1, 1967.
Judy was the author of six published books, including The Greatest Gift Guide Ever and Breast Cancer Answers. She finished the second edition of Breast Cancer Answers just weeks ago as that disease ravaged her body. The books were delivered Oct. 18 and she got to hold one. The book became her ministry to women fighting the disease and the effects of the treatments.
She owned Judy King Editorial Services, helping scores of authors present their ideas clearly in good English, and was president and founder of www.GivingCenter.com.
Judy was a Girl Scout leader for many years, and five members of her troop earned the Gold Award. When her health permitted, she was a leader in the churches she and Fred attended and a Sunday school teacher.
Despite her great academic, community and professional success, what Judy loved most was spending time with her family. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother and an eager, humble servant of the Lord.
A memorial service for Judy King will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Tallowood Center, 10405 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77024. (That's on the eastbound service road, just inside Beltway 8.) A reception for family and friends will be held there immediately afterward. Care for children age 5 and under will be provided.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to a charity serving Russian orphans, HOPES from the Father, 906 Shadberry Drive, Magnolia, TX 77354; or the Angel Tree project of Prison Fellowship, PO Box 1550, Merrifield, VA 22116-1550.
In the Kings' 1999 Christmas letter, sent just weeks after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Judy wrote, "Friends have provided such wonderful support - and earnest prayers. God is sustaining us, and we know His timing is perfect ."
Judith (Judy) Louise Croom King, born October 25, 1945, and born again in the fall of 1972, entered the presence of her Lord Jesus Christ on Oct. 21. Her husband and son were at her side.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Pitser Blalock and Fletcher Metcalfe Croom and brother, Hunter Metcalfe Croom. Survived by husband, Fred King; children: Thomas Blalock & Anna Lee King and Sarah Elizabeth & Christian Duncan Farmer; grandchildren: Juliette Louise King, Robert Thomas King, Victor Alexander Farmer, Anastasia Alexandra Farmer, Dennis Duncan Farmer, Dima Thomas Farmer, and Anya Elizabeth Farmer; great-grandson, Nickles Grande Farmer; sister and brother-in-law, Emily Anne Croom and Robert Shelby.
Also surviving are an aunt, Mary Katherine Earney; and Fred's siblings and their spouses, Audrey VanDemark, Mary and Dan Posey, Tim and Peggy King, Terry King, Alan and Janet King, and Tyra King; and cousins, nieces and nephews.
Judy and her Bellaire High School sweetheart, Fred, had their first date in November 1962. Judy was co-valedictorian of their class, 1963.
She earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree with special honors in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 1967.
Judy and Fred married July 1, 1967.
Judy was the author of six published books, including The Greatest Gift Guide Ever and Breast Cancer Answers. She finished the second edition of Breast Cancer Answers just weeks ago as that disease ravaged her body. The books were delivered Oct. 18 and she got to hold one. The book became her ministry to women fighting the disease and the effects of the treatments.
She owned Judy King Editorial Services, helping scores of authors present their ideas clearly in good English, and was president and founder of www.GivingCenter.com.
Judy was a Girl Scout leader for many years, and five members of her troop earned the Gold Award. When her health permitted, she was a leader in the churches she and Fred attended and a Sunday school teacher.
Despite her great academic, community and professional success, what Judy loved most was spending time with her family. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother and an eager, humble servant of the Lord.
A memorial service for Judy King will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Tallowood Center, 10405 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77024. (That's on the eastbound service road, just inside Beltway 8.) A reception for family and friends will be held there immediately afterward. Care for children age 5 and under will be provided.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to a charity serving Russian orphans, HOPES from the Father, 906 Shadberry Drive, Magnolia, TX 77354; or the Angel Tree project of Prison Fellowship, PO Box 1550, Merrifield, VA 22116-1550.
In the Kings' 1999 Christmas letter, sent just weeks after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Judy wrote, "Friends have provided such wonderful support - and earnest prayers. God is sustaining us, and we know His timing is perfect ."
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