This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: King, Hoover, Whipple, Hawkins, Anderson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1592 Message Board Post: Mr. Darwin H. King, age 65, of Hastings, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at Hayes-Green-Beach Hospital in Charlotte. He was born on February 16, 1935 in Albion, the son of Clark H. & Ella Mae (Hoover) King. Mr. King was raised in the Homer area and attended schools there. He later graduated from Lakewood Adult Education in Lake Odessa. He moved to the Hastings area in 1970 from Homer. Mr. King married Carol L. (Whipple) Hawkins on May 2, 1996. He had two previous marriages that ended in divorce. He was currently employed by Bell Machine & Repair of Nashville. He had previously worked for the Viking Corporation in Hastings for 32 years, retiring in 1997; and the Homer Telephone Company. Mr. King attended the Hastings First Baptist Church, was a member of the West Michigan Travel Trailer Club, member of Local U.A.W. Steel Workers, enjoyed mushrooming, avid Bingo and card player and John Deere Tractor enthusiast. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a sis! ter. Mr. King is survived by his wife Carol; two sons, Bryan (Lisa) King of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Kent King of Hastings; three daughters, Edyth King of Middleville, Bethany King of Hastings, and Brenda King of Hastings; stepdaughter Marie (Chris) Anderson of Hastings; stepson David Hawkins of Hastings; two grandsons; three step-grandchildren; one sister; and three brothers. Funeral Services for Mr. King were held on Firday, March 31, 2000 at Hastings First Baptist Church. Pastor Daniel L. Currie officiated. Burial was at the Striker Cemetery, Baltimore Township in Barry County. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Arrangements were made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings. (The Hastings Reminder - Tuesday, April 4, 2000) Transcriber has no family connection.