Blanton Kenneth King, son of the late Herman King and Edith Proffer King, was born on March 31, 1921 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on June 28, 2015 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 94.

Mr. King was a member of the Oak Ridge General Baptist Church in rural Bloomfield.  He had worked as a farmer and was a resident of Advance, Missouri.

He was first united in marriage to Edith Nadine Bush.  Mrs. King preceded him in death in 1999.  He was then married to Vaneta King on June 8, 2002 in Bloomfield, Missouri, who survives at their residence in Advance. 

In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Kenneth King and wife Wanda of Jackson, Missouri; by one daughter, Diana Fowler and husband Larry of Festus, Missouri; by two brothers, Nerman King of Bloomfield, Missouri and Michael King of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; by three sisters, Oma Cagle of Advance, Missouri, Wilda Mae Armes of Bloomfield, Missouri and Velma Reinisch of Dexter, Missouri; and by six grandchildren, Chris Fowler, Timothy Fowler, David Fowler, Kenneth Ray King, Michael Blanton King and Lori Hosh; and by twenty-one great-grandchildren.

Besides his first wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one daughter, Dorothy Ann Smothers and by brother, Herbert King and by brother, Blanton King .

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. with comments being made by family and friends from 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted at the Oak Ridge General Baptist Church in rural Bloomfield on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. with Diana Fowler, his daughter officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Oak Ridge Cemetery.