MR. JULIUS OTIS "TINK" KING

Mr. Julius Otis "Tink" King heard that the fish were biting in heaven so he peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Monday night, February 24, 2020.  Tink was born on June 9, 1929 to the late Joe Henry King and Ida Belle King being one of eight children.  Born in Lindale, Georgia, his family moved to Thomaston in the late 1930's to find work during the depression.  He served his country in the United States Navy, and was a member of the local Masonic Lodge for 60 years.

Tink started his career with Thomaston Mills as a roller scrubber in the Spinning Department and over the years worked his way to the position of Division Superintendent of Spinning and Warping upon his retirement.  He was regarded as on of the most knowledgeable men in the entire company.  Tink was a great athlete, particularly in baseball where he excelled as an outfielder.  He was part of the 1946 American Legion baseball team that won the Southeast Region Championship to advance one step from the Legion World Series.  It was for this accomplishment that he and the team were elected to the Thomaston-Upson Sports Hall of Fame. He then went on to spend two years in the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Organization.

Tink was an avid fisherman and loved to fish the Flint River, Potato Creek and many lakes and ponds on a regular basis.  Many of his catches are mounted and preserved to a monument to his success.  He also coached youth baseball and church league softball teams, leading them to numerous championships.  He was a former member for many years of Clark's Chapel Baptist Church and for the past eighteen years he endured the preaching of his son as a member of Mountain View Baptist Church.  `

Tink was loved and appreciated for the colorful and delightful character that he was.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Norma King and five of his siblings.  He is survived by his son, Dr. Rex (Vicki) King, his daughter Ms. Connie Nossett: a very special friend, Ms. Fay Grant: his brother, Mr. J.C. King of Milledgeville; and his sister, Mrs. Faye Roebuck of Thomaston.  He leaves behind four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, seven stray cats, and the crew at Big Chic on Barnesville Street whom he called his "Chics".

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, February 27, 2020 from Mountain View Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. burial will follow at Upson Memorial Gardens.  Family and friends will gather at Coggins Funeral Home on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. to share some more fishing stories and replay the many baseball and softball games that were so precious to him.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Thomaston-Upson County Humane Society at 2371 Yatesville Hwy Thomaston, GA. 30286.

Coggins Funeral Home
321 Hannahs Mill Road