From the Albany Herald, September 23, 1964. From the King-Fisher Sisters’ Collection.
Ex-Cusseta Mayor Dies Here at 77
G. W. King, 77, of Cusseta died this morning in Phoebe Putney Hospital.
Born Oct. 24, 1886, in Chattahoochee County, he was the son of Catherine Alice King and Gary Wood King and had been a lifelong resident of Chattahoochee County. Prior to his retirement he had served for 26 years as county school superintendent of Chattahoochee County, was a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Chattahoochee County, served as state senator of the 24th District of Georgia and was a former mayor of Cusseta.
Mr. King is survived by his wife, the former Miss Mattie Foster of Chattahoochee County; two daughters, Mrs. Bruce Thompson and Mrs. Paul B. Robertson, both of Albany; a son, Hal F. King of Albany; a brother, B. J. King of Cusseta; two sisters, Mrs. E. W. Stephens of Columbus and Mrs. W. W. McCook of Shreveport, La., and 2 grandchildren.
The funeral service will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 p. m. in Cusseta Baptist Church by the Rev. D. P. Jenkins. Interment will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery in Cusseta. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p. m.
Kimbrell-Stern is in charge of arrangements.