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     Karnes Van King was also known as Van. Karnes Van King also went by the name of KV.¹ He was born on 30 September 1921 at Lubbock County, Texas.² He was the son of Otto Van King and Mary Karnes. He began military service on 11 January 1941 at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, Serial Number: 18038372
Residence: Mitchell, Texas
Enlistment Place: Ft Worth, Texas
Enlistment Date: 11 January 1941
Grade Alpha: Pvt
Grade Code: Private
Branch Alpha: Infantry
Branch Code: Infantry
Enlistment Term: 0
Longevity:
Source: Civil Life
Nativity: Texas
Birth Year: 1921
Race and Citizenship: White, Citizen
Education: 3 Years of High School
Civil Occupation: Musicians and Teachers of Music
Marital Status: Single, Without Dependents
Army Component: Regular Army (Including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Card Number:
Box Number: 0270
Reel Number: 2.127.³ He married Verlynn Milliken, daughter of Russell Franklin Milliken Sr. and Laura Edna Richardson, on 4 June 1943 at Nolan County, Texas.⁴ He died on 23 December 1997 at Bastrop, Bastrop County, Texas, at age 76.²

     Kerri Suzan King is the daughter of Karnes Van King and Verlynn Milliken. She married Rodney Glen Butler, son of Archie Austin Butler and Dianna Mae Boyea, on 8 April 1977 at Glen Rose, Somervell County, Texas.²

     Ollie King is the daughter of Benjamin Franklin King and Effie Rosanna Burch.

     Otto Van King was also known as OV. Otto Van King also went by the name of Bill.² He married Cora Roddy. He was born on 7 August 1901 at Valley View, Cooke County, Texas.^1,2 He was the son of Benjamin Franklin King and Effie Rosanna Burch. He married Mary Karnes, daughter of Manoah Franklin Karnes and Callie Gregory, on 15 February 1921 at Chico, Wise County, Texas.³ He married Helen Irene Roland on 8 December 1973 at Texas.⁴ He and Helen Irene Roland were divorced on 18 April 1974 at Erath County, Texas.⁴ He married Helen Irene Roland on 9 August 1974 at Hood County, Texas.⁵ He died on 30 November 1978 at Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, at age 77.^1,2

Bill King
Stephenville
Otto Van (Bill) King of Stephenville, a former Odessa resident, dies at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Stephenville Hospital following a sudden illness.
Services for King, 77, were scheduled for 3 p.m. today in the Stephenville Funeral Home chapel with burial in the Erath Garden of Memory.
He was born Aug. 7, 1901 in Cook County and lived in Odessa from 1946 to 1955. He lived the past 23 years in Erath County. He was a Presbyterian and retired building contractor.
Survivors include two sons, K. V. King of Mesquite and R. M. King of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Kay Nabors of Glen Rose and Mrs. Joe Bynum of Stephenville; two brothers, B. F. King of Midland and Harold King of Muleshoe; two sisters, Mrs. Ollie Joiner of Lubbock and Mrs. Ethel Smith of California; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.²

     Patricia Jean King was born on 23 March 1928 at Levelland, Hockley County, Texas.¹ She was the daughter of Otto Van King and Mary Karnes.¹ She died on 2 November 2009 at Odessa, Ector County, Texas, at age 81.²

     Ratio Cannon King married an unknown person. He married Rebecca Elany Wells. He was born on 22 February 1842 at Mississippi.¹ He was the son of Julian King and Rebecca Cannon. He died on 27 July 1895 at Cooke, Texas, at age 53.¹

     Robert King is the son of Benjamin Franklin King and Effie Rosanna Burch.

     Ronald Muriel King was born on 13 November 1922 at Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.¹ He was the son of Otto Van King and Mary Karnes. He died on 17 June 1997 at Granbury, Hood County, Texas, at age 74.¹

     Sarah D. King married Jesse Thacher Lane, son of Samuel Lane and Eunice Wilcox. She was born on 26 March 1817 at Essex County, New York. She was the daughter of Chester King and Eunice Unknown. She and Jesse Thacher Lane appeared on the census of 26 August 1870 at Schroon, Essex County, New York.¹

     William Harold King married Bonnie Lee Witt, daughter of John Foster Witt and Paralee London, circa 1927 at Texas.¹