Dalton Joseph King died at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in a Lexington, Kentucky hospital.

He was born in Jeanerette, La and had lived most of his life in Port Arthur, Tx. He attended Tennessee A & M in Nashville, Tennessee.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mary King; one daughter Dalton Lynn King; his mother, Mrs. Julia King of Lake Charles; his aunt and guardian, Mrs. Corrine King of Port Arthur, Tx.; three brothers, Willie S. King, Sr. and Raymond King, both of Lake Charles, and Richard King of Compton, Ca., eight sisters, Joyce Thomas and Lela Valentine both of Lake Charles, Anna Bell Critain and Verna Antoine of Port Arthur, Tx., Ruby Robinson and Florita Harris both of Beaumont, Tx., and Patsy Self of Baton Rouge, La; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.