TERRELL HENRY KING 78 OF TEXARKANA, TX DIED JUNE 13, 2022, AT ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL IN TEXARKANA, TX

HE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 26, 1944 IN LAKE CHARLES, LA, THE SON OF HENRY LOU RANDOLPH THOMAS AND STANLEY KING, STEPFATHER WALTER THOMAS.

ON DECEMBER 29, 1967, HE MARRIED THE LATE THERESA MARIE THOMAS.

HE GRADUATED FROM CARVER HIGH SCHOOL IN KINDER, LA. AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY IN BATON ROUGE, LA. HE WAS MEMBER OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ROTC.

IN 1969, HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ASSISTANT JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICER IN BEAUMONT, TX

IN 1970, HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY WELFARE ASSOCIATION IN BEAUMONT, TX.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTHER TANYA RENEE KING BELL AND SON IN LAW WILLIAM BROOKE BELL, SR. OF LAKE CHARLES, LA. SON TERRELL JERMAINE KING OF TEXARKANA, TX. GRANDSONS WILLIAM BROOKE BELL, JR. AND RYAN RASHAD BELL ALL OF LAKE CHARLES, LA. SISTER, MARY KING THOMAS JOHNSON OF LEBLANC, LA.

MR.KING WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE THERESA MARIE THOMAS KING, GRANDSON BRANDON BROOKE BELL, FATHER STANLEY KING, STEPFATHER WALTER "BLACKIE" THOMAS, SISTER FAYE DEJEAN AND MOTHER HENRY LOU THOMAS.