Marietta King

(From Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home)

Heaven gained a special angel on December 23, 2022 when Marietta “Mam-ma” Webb King, 94, went to be with our Lord and Savior after a battle with Alzheimer’s.

Marietta was born on June 20, 1928 to Asa Joel & Edith Bottom in Webb City, Missouri. She graduated from Webb City High School in 1946 then went on to graduate from Missouri Baptist Nursing School in St. Louis in 1948. Marietta spent most of her life in the Webb City area.

Marietta spent over 40 years in nursing with most of her time in labor, delivery and postpartum as well as in surgery. She worked at Jane Chinn and Freeman Hospitals.

Marietta has touched many lives throughout her life and even late in life through her loving heart.

Marietta loved her family above all else. Marietta was preceded in death by her husband Howard King, her parents Asa Joel & Edith Bottom, brother AJ Bottom and great-granddaughter Cassandra Moran.

She is survived by her son Paul Sipeer of Massachusetts, daughter Sandi Flesher and husband Tony of Oronogo, Missouri. She is survived by her granddaughters, Shawnna Grigsby and husband Steve of Bella Vista, Arkansas, Danielle O’Neal and husband Todd of Durant, Oklahoma, Janette Hill and husband Todd of Queen Creek, Arizona. She is survived by great-grandchildren Patrick Grigsby and wife Maddie, Aaron Grigsby, all of Bella Vista, Arkansas, Andrew O’Neal of Durant, Oklahoma, Kaitlyn Hill and husband Lee of Queen Creek, Arizona, Alex Moran of Oronogo, Missouri, Dakota Barker of Durant, Oklahoma and Brooklyn, Cole and Ryker Hill all of Queen Creek, Arizona and 6 great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services are 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 29, 2022, in the chapel of Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Webb City. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening from 5-7:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. The family asks in lieu of flowers please donate to the Alzheimer’s Association to help further research in Marietta’s memory.