Louise White King

FLORENCE — A memorial service for Louise White King, wife of Clyde D. King, will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday January 29, 2010, at St. Paul United Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. Dane Morehead. Interment will be private in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church immediately following the service. Memorials may be made to the Building Fund, St. Paul United Methodist Church, PO Box 5446, Florence, SC 29502. Cain Funeral Home is assisting the family.
 
Mrs. King, 74, died Wednesday January 27, 2010, in McLeod Regional Medical Center. She was born June 23, 1935, and raised in Chesterfield, SC, to the late Thurman E. and Letha Smith White. She was also predeceased by a son, Clyde D. (Sonny) King, Jr.
 
Louise graduated from McLeod Infirmary School of Nursing in 1956 and was awarded the Pediatric Nursing Medal. Following graduation she worked at the S.C. Crippled Children’s Home and then moved to Columbia and worked at Richland Memorial and Columbia Hospitals. She also worked in the Columbia offices of cardiologists, Dr. Charles Holmes and Dr. Walter Roberts before returning to Florence. During her years at McLeod, Mrs. King served as head nurse, administrative supervisor, nursing methods coordinator and director of in-service education. She served as assistant vice president of Nursing, retiring on December 30, 1998. She received the S.C. Heart Association Award for Outstanding Service and was one of the first McLeod Merit Award winners. A portrait that was commissioned in honor of her commitment to clinical service at McLeod was unveiled in 1998 on the first floor of McLeod Tower. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and the Jimmy NcNair Sunday School Class.
 
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are sisters, Betty W. Hurst and Barbara W. Freeman, both of Chesterfield, and Eloise W. Melton of Columbia, and a number of nieces and nephews.