DONALD RAY KING, 81 OF HARRISBURG, FORMALLY OF STUTTGART, AR PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 26, 2019. HE WAS BORN JULY 10, 1938 TO THE LATE JOHNNY AND MABEL MCGUIRE KING OF HARRISBURG, ARKANSAS.

DONALD WAS A BOY SCOUT LEADER, A PAST DISTRICT GOVERNOR IN LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL, ON THE BOARD OF THE ARKANSAS ENTERPRISE FOR THE BLIND AS WELL AS MANY OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. HE WAS CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AND AN ALDERMAN IN STUTTGART. HE WAS ALSO POLICE COMMISSIONER AND WORKED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BRING NEW INDUSTRY TO STUTTGART.

HE WORKED FOR PRODUCERS RICE MILL OF STUTTGART ARKANSAS FOR 36 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME HE WORKED HIS WAY UP TO SUPERINTENDENT OF PARBOIL PLANT AND THEN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. HE AND CHARLES CHASTAIN INVENTED THE KING-CHASTAIN ENERGY REACTOR WHILE AT PRODUCERS THAT HAS BEEN USED ALL OVER THE WORLD. EVEN AFTER RETIRING, HE STILL WORKED DURING HARVEST FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE ENJOYED GARDENING, TRAVELING WITH HIS FAMILY, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN.

HE IS SURVIVED BY TWO CHILDREN, RADONNA KING FOX, OF WARD, AR. JUSTIN (MELISSA) KING OF HARRISBURG, AR. AND THEIR MOTHER PATSY BISHOP KING VANCE OF HORNERSVILLE, MO. HIS GRANDCHILDREN, DILLAN (CHRISTINA) FOX, TYLER MEINS, JACE KING, DRAKE KING, LANDON KING, ETHAN ARNN, AND ELI ARNN. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; HENLEY FOX, AND BROOKLYN MEINS. HIS BROTHER, JIMMY KING, TWO SISTERS, JEAN ARNOLD, AND EDNA (KENNY) DRYDEN.

FAMILY VISITATION IS AT NOON AT THE GREGG-WESTON FUNERAL HOME IN HARRISBURG, AR ON DECEMBER 30, 2019. FRIENDS TIME IS 12:30 UNTIL 2:00 P.M. WITH A CHAPEL SERVICE FOLLOWING. BURIAL WILL BE AT THE HARRISBURG MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY WITH REV. THOMAS BORMANN OF STUTTGART, ARKANSAS PRESIDING. PALLBEARERS: CLARK KING, ADAM KING, ADAM FARMER, BROOKS BONNER, KEVIN BOWARD, AND RYAN LISKO.