Mayme Lucille King

Mayme Lucille Glover King was born January 1st, 1918, in the Cool Springs community here in West Tennessee, 107 years ago, a life filled with love, hard work and adventure. She lived within 3 miles of the home she was born in all her life until moving to Assisted Living Homes in 2009, and last, she currently lived in the Dyer Nursing Home.

She married Harry M. King at the age of 18 and they celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary before he passed away. She had two daughters, Eyvonne King Crowder and Mynonne King Tate, (identical twins); four grandchildren, Ken Tate (Veronica), Jon Tate (Amy), Timothy Crowder, Erin Crowder; and five great-grandchildren, Hoyt Crowder, Audrey Crowder, Jackson Lackey, Cooper Lackey, and Nora Tate. All four of her grandchildren have Bachelor of Science or higher degrees in the medical profession, including a Masters in Acute Critical Care Nursing, also a Doctorate in Bio-Medical Engineering. Both of her daughters had college degrees and attended Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, TN.

Lucille was a world traveler. She went to Europe and visited her daughter, Eyvonne and her husband Dr. Jack Crowder, in Germany, Switzerland, and went through France. She visited her daughter, Mynonne and her husband Lyle, when he was in the Coast Guard stationed in Alaska, San Francisco, Seattle, and Elizabeth City, NC. She visited family and friends in St. Louis, Dallas and Houston, Texas. This was after she told her geography teacher that she didn’t want to study that subject because she wasn’t going to travel.

She was a member of the Tilghman Community Club and learned many new crafts to enjoy doing. She had learned embroidery, crocheting, and quilting earlier in life. She embroidered many pillowcases and crocheted scarves to decorate tables, crocheted sweaters, and quilted many quilts and gave one to each grandchild.

One of her sons-in-laws was baptized in the Atlantic Ocean. She was there and saw the event. When she walked beside him on the way back to the car, she said, “Another prayer has been answered.” She taught Sunday school classes at Lemalsamac Church of Christ when she was a young wife.

She felt sad some days because she had outlived all her friends and one of her daughters. Her daughter, Mynonne, is still living and helped her celebrate many birthdays, the last one being her 107th birthday this year, with many family members and friends. Lucille lived a good life and will be missed.

In lieu of flowers, the family request monetary donations be made to the Harry & Lucille King Scholarship Fund at Freed-Hardeman University (https://fhu.edu/give/).