Leonce Delores King

Posted on September 13, 2019

Leonce Delores King, 89, passed away on September 11, 2019, in Tallahassee. Leonce was born February 12, 1930, in Perry to James Berry O’Steen and Florence Delilah Simmons O’Steen.

Leonce was a Christian and a member of the Ash Street Church of Christ.  She also attended Crosspoint and Westside Baptist churches. She was an astute business woman who owned various businesses from Upholstery to farming and property owner during her lifetime. For pleasure she loved singing, dancing and playing the piano.  She also loved to draw and raise animals.

Leonce was preceded in death by her parents, James Berry O’Steen and Florence Delilah Simmons and her spouse of 41 years Corbitt Mitchell King, her three sisters Minnie Lee Tharpe, Isabelle McLeod, Lessie Vee Byrd and two brothers Joyce and Rufus O’Steen.

Leonce is survived by a son, Gary King and his wife Cathey, four daughters Madelyn Collins and her husband Buster, Patsy Tedder, Phyllis Yates and her husband Thomas and Susan Lee and her husband James, 13 grandchildren, 30 great-grands and seven great-great-grandchildren and a host of friends, nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday, September 16, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Burns Funeral Home of Perry with Tim McDonald and Joe Wynn officiating. Interment services will follow immediately afterwards in Carlton Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, September 16, 2019, at Burns Funeral Home of Perry. All arrangements are under the direction of Burns Funeral Home of Perry.

Friends may sign the online guest book at www.joepburnsfuneralhomes.com