Marvin Randall King

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Maryville - Marvin Randall "Randy" King, 50, of Maryville, passed from this life on Monday, January 7, 2008 at the Beverly Living Center.

Born on September 13, 1957 in Maryville, Missouri. The oldest child of Marvin and Carol (Thompson) King. He grew up in Hopkins and graduated from North Nodaway in 1976. He immediately joined the Air Force National Guard and later served in the Air Force as an airplane mechanic while in Okinawa.

He attended Northwest Missouri State University and the University of New Hampshire. While living in New Hampshire Randy was a Fireman & Paramedic.

After moving to Missouri, Randy was employed at the Tarkio Academy as an Employee Training Coordinator until 1996 when he became ill.

Randy was a member of Countryside Christian Church, Maryville. He loved all music from Blue Grass to Bach and enjoyed playing with the Law & Order Band while living in Tarkio. As much as Randy loved family and his music, he loved the Lord more and was an inspiration to all those he touched.

Preceding him in death, father, Marvin I. King, paternal grandparents, Ira and Maxine (Mitchell) King and maternal grandparents, Allen and Hazel (Stephens) Thompson.

Left to cherish his memory are his children, Katie, Allen, Hannah, and stepson, Seth Patterson of Manchester, NH, his mother, Carol King, Maryville, brothers, Jeffrey King, Guerneville, CA, Stephen Coleman and wife Angie, Maryville, sisters, Terri Gallegos and husband, David, Altus, Oklahoma, Tina Fletchall and husband Chris, Sheridan, MO. He is also survived by aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and a host of friends.

Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 P.M. on Friday, January 11, 2008 at the Countryside Christian Church, 24899 Icon Rd., Maryville, Missouri 64468. Final Resting Place will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Iowa. The family will have their fellowship meal at the church at 12 noon, prior to the services. The family will receive friends at the Danfelt Funeral Home, 951 S. Main Street, Maryville, Missouri 64468 on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. Memorial donations may be made to the Countryside Christian Church or SSM Hospice of NW Missouri. Online condolences and tributes maybe be left by visiting www.danfeltfuneralhome.com