September 23, 1930 – December 4, 2021
Mary Nell (Damron) King passed away on December 4, 2021. Nell was born on September 23, 1930, to Ballard R. and Maxie June (Reynolds) Damron at her family home in Virgie, Ky.
Nell loved to play on the mountainside and in the creek with her five brothers and sisters, then in the evening sitting out on the front porch for some family singing that could be heard up and down the holler. Nell loved music all her life and took any opportunity she could to sing usually praises to her Lord. Nell taught school for two years before becoming the pen pal of a “dreamy eyed” soldier who would become the love of her life and her beloved husband of 67 years, William Edsel King, on July 6, 1953, who proceeded her in death on December 17, 2020. Nell loved her church family and served in many ways in the Noblesville Nazarene Church from teaching children’s classes to serving in the choir and on the church board. Many life-long friendships were formed with other members of the church. Nell loved people, and if she could be silly and get a laugh, her day was made.
Along with her husband Edsel, she was preceded in death by her father and mother and youngest son, Jeffery Dennis King.
Nell is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Randy and Cindy King of Noblesville; daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Joseph Holmes of South Bend, Ind.; granddaughter, Kristin King of Indianapolis; grandson and wife, Kyle and Tausha Wilson of Winamac, Ind.; grandson, Scott King of Anderson, Ind.; granddaughter and husband, Jeanne and Nicholas Foster of Plymouth, Ind.; granddaughter and fiancé, Jennifer Harris and Brian Chance of Valparaiso, Ind.; granddaughter and husband, Joni and Ivan Balicky of Delphi, Ind.; as well as 15 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews she loved dearly.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with services at 1:30 p.m., on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, at Randall & Roberts Funeral Center, 1685 Westfield Road, Noblesville. Burial will follow at Hamilton Memorial Park Cemetery in Westfield.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 50 E. 91st St., Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN 46240; or The Mill Church, 1399 Greenfield Ave., Noblesville, IN 46060.
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