Dr. Billy D. King

Funeral services for Dr. Billy King, 89 ,of Monterey, LA will be held at King Cemetery on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 2:00 PM with Father Bob Cooper officiating. Interment will follow at under the direction of Young's Funeral Home in Ferriday Dr. King was born December 13, 1917 in North Little Rock, AR and passed away Thursday January 11, 2007 at Residence of Monterey . He graduated from Gulf Port Military Academy in 1934, and spent several years farming at Horseshoe Lake. He entered medical school in 1942 but left to serve in World War II from 1943-1946. He graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1949. He started general practice in Harrisonburg and Jonesville, LA. from 1951-1954, then performed service with public health from 1954-1957. He completed his radiology training in 1958 followed by a National Cancer Institute fellowship at the M.D. Anderson in Houston, TX. He was radiology chair at the University of Texas Post Graduate School of Medicine in San Antonio, TX. from 1960-1962. His private practice of radiology began in Camden, AR. from 1962-1966 and then to Warner Brown Hospital in El Dorado, AR. from 1966-1988. He was instrumental in introducing mammography, ultrasonography and computerized tomography to South Arkansas. He retired to Horseshoe Plantation in Jonesville, LA. in 1988 and operated his farm until his death. He was preceded in Death by: Parents-Dr. Jesse Arthur King, M.D. & Lady Mae Simmons King His tworothers - Malcolm King & Jack King and one sister- Mary K. Carpenter Survivors include: His wife-Grace J. King of Monterey, La. Four sons-Billy Dewell King, Jr. of Houston, Texas, John Martin King of Houston, Texas, Dr. Micheal Todd King M.D. of Little Rock, Ark. & Dr. Stephen Paul King M.D. of El Dorado, Ark. And his daughter-Debra Ann Rudolph of Little Rock, Ark. Two step Sons-Stephen Griffin of Houston, Texas & Michael Griffin of Houston, Texas and three step daughters-Liz Rinehimer of Houston, Texas, Gail Foster of Houston, Texas & Ceilia Robinson of Austin, Texas The Pallbearers will be Family The family will receive friends at Young's Funeral Home, Ferriday, La. from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM Saturday, January 13, 2007.

Dr. Billy D. King

December 13, 1917 - January 11, 2007