Inez Teresa Guidry King

Mrs. Inez King was born on July 23, 1932, in Biloxi, MS, and on February 12, 2013, was called back to her Heavenly home. She was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church since the formation of the Parish in 1953 and was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Biloxi. Inez and her late husband, Pat, devoted their life to music. As a teenager, she played the drums in the Sacred Heart Marching Band and sang at various venues including the White House Hotel. Although health issues forced her to stop performing, she would frequent rehearsals of “Gloria and the Playmates" for which Pat played the saxophone. The Playmates performed at the Broadwater Hotel for 30 years. Known to most as MawMaw, Inez was a compassionate, selfless woman who never met a stranger. She opened her home to all and treated everyone as if they were her own. She is preceded in death by her parents Neuville and Elodie Blanchard Guidry; husband, Patrick H. King; three brothers, Collins, Alan and William Guidry; and one sister, Isabelle Guidry. Survivors include her daughter, Alta King Watkins; son-in-law Barry Watkins; two grandchildren, Roxanne Watkins Reynolds (Billy Reynolds) and Jason Watkins (Angela Braun Tamborella); six great grandchildren, Dale Tamborella, Jr., Brittany Tamborella, Destiny Reynolds, Miranda Watkins, Alexandra Watkins, and Gauge Watkins; and one great-great grandchild, Jamie Lynn Brom. The family would like to express a very heartfelt "Thank You and God Bless" to Sister Theresa, Father Paddy and her Fatima family; her nurse Melissa and her aide Nicole with SAADS Home Health; Raeshelle with Healing Touch; and Drs. Billy Wansley and Ben Chaney. Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Biloxi National Cemetery. A reception in the Parish Hall will follow. The Howard Avenue Chapel of Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Homes is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to be made to Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church.