The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, May 12, 1996                   TAG: 9605120110
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SMITHFIELD                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

CHARLES G. KING

Charles Gerald King, 50, of the 11000 block of Magnet Drive, died May 9, 1996, in a Newport News hospital.

Mr. King, a retired splicer for C&P Telephone Company, was a native of Richmond, Va. He was the widower of Jennifer King.

Survivors include two brothers, Jerry King of Severn, Md., Franklin D. King of Powhatan, Va.; and two nephews, David King and Stephen King, both of Severn.

All services are private. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, is in charge. All flowers are to be omitted and memorials to be made to Sister Jean Farrell-D.C. c/o DePaul Medical Center, in memory of Charlie and Jennifer King.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB