Dr King

Visitation:
Sunday, December 13, 2009
2:00 PM until 3:00 PM
Wayne Boze Funeral Home
1826 W. Hwy. 287 Business
Waxahachie, TX 75165
Service:
Sunday, December 13, 2009
3:00 PM
Memorial Service--Pat Boze Memorial Chapel
1826 W. Hwy. 287 Business
Waxahachie, TX 75165

Dr. John David King

Dr. John David King, 85, of Waxahachie, died on December 10, 2009 at the Red Oak Rehabilitation Center. Born on February 2, 1924, in Dallas, Texas, "Doc" King was preceded in death by his parents, John Isaac and Reda Wicker King, and by his first wife and mother of his children, Mary Ann Baird King. He is survived by his wife, Jerry Goins King, and his five children, Claudia King Williams, John David King, Jr., Billie Jean King, Mary Jo Blaine and James Baird King, as well as five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Dr. King was a graduate of Sunset High School in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Trinity University in Waxahachie and Baylor School of Medicine in Houston. He served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean conflict. He practiced medicine in Waxahachie from 1948 until 1953. He was the organizing Senior Vice President of Coastal States Gas Producing Company in Corpus Christi, Texas, until 1965, and a full member of both the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Doc's real love was horse breeding and racing. He had horse farms in Kentucky and in France, and raced his horses on both continents.

Doc had a great laugh and a joy for life. He will be sorely missed by his wife, his family and his friends. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon, December 13, 2009, from 2:00 until 3:00 in the afternoon at the Pat Boze Chapel at the Wayne Boze Funeral Home. The memorial service will follow immediately after the visitation. Memorial gifts may be made to The Presbyterian Children's Home of Waxahachie, The Parkinson's Disease Foundation and The COPD Foundation. All services are being handled by Wayne Boze Funeral Home.