Carl Hubert King, 89 of Monticello, MS passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at the Kings Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, Mississippi. He was born Friday, February 15, 1935 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025 from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM at New Hope Baptist Church in 618 Carmel New Hope Road, Monticello, MS. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM at New Hope Baptist Church in Monticello, MS. Burial will follow in New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Monticello, MS. Bro. Jared Hester will officiate. Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 601-587-2573

Carl loved his church family and family. Carl retired, as a supervisor, from Sperry Vickers in 1992. He was a devoted husband to Margaret King for 27 years. He loved to fish, deer hunt, and was a master woodworker. He loved his family and church family dearly.

He was preceded in death by his son, Barry Lane King; father, Elisha King; mother, Maggie Ballard King.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret King of Monticello, MS;  sons, Carl King, Jr (Betsy), Kenneth White (Kim);  daughters, Tammy King Wyatt (Bill), Sherry King Morris (Tony), Sharon Mitchell (Marty) and Carol Griffin;  grandchildren, Laurie, Lindsey, Nathan, Haley, James, Conner, Blake, Nathan, Loren, Katie, Heather, Mckenna, Haley and Colby; many great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews; and a sister, Ruth King Smith.

Pallbearers will be Chet Dear, Leroy White, Butch Dawsey, Adam Tanksley, Tony Thames, and Tommy Neal.

Honorary pallbearers will be Ronnie Pevey and Ronnie Thames.