A cement mason by trade and incredibly lovable person by nature, Ernest Lloyd King always had a special way of making everyone feel comfortable. He threw great parties and if he could, he would have fed the world with his creative and delicious recipes.

With his gentle nature and his common sense, Ernie always had a way of making you see the peaceful side of life. He has left this world with many fond memories and those who knew him will treasure those memories forever.

These past 10 years of missing his soul mate and the love of his life, his beloved wife “Cookie,” brought him even closer to the communities that surrounded him, and their support and love for him kept him going and wanting more. Some people knew him as The King, others as Uncle Ernie and, of course, Grandpa Ernie. He loved everything — golf, sports, westerns, motorcycles, race cars and cooking. He was a great chef and treasured the most simplest things in life. He attended the Seventh Day Adventist Church where he was a Deacon; and has served as a member of the Lost Angels Motorcycle Club, El Cariso Country Club, and was currently a member of the Early Riders Classic Car and Motorcycle Club.

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Ernie will be tremendously missed by all of his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother and father Dewey and Mildred King; father-in-law Theodore Slusser; wife Virginia “Cookie” King; brother Arthur King; sisters Loretta Slack and Martha Bonetti; sister-in-law Joan King; and nephews Tracy King and Jeffrey Carr.

He is survived by his daughters Doreen Hudspeth, Lynn Snyder and Laurie King; son Kenny King; son-in-law Dean Hudspeth; daughter-in-law Jillian King; grandchildren Daniel Bifano, Ernest (E.J.) Bice, Nicole O’Flaherty, Matthew Hudspeth, Virginia Snyder, Kenneth Trent Clifton, Amanda King, Nevaeh and Tristan Valle, Kenneth King and Hannah King; mother-in-law Virginia Slusser; brothers Dewey King and Melvin King; brothers-in-law John Slusser and Garry Schuelke; sister Juanita Mertins; sisters-in-law Nancy King, Sandy King and Judy Schuelke; nephews Jim King, Alan King, Dennis King and Arthur King II, John (J.B.) Slack, Donald Yeaman, Chuck Carr and Richard Carr, and Peter Slusser; nieces Linda Glasson, Karen King, Kathy King, Bonnie Sweet, Tabatha Bonetti-Asker, Tamera Brattin, Kristina O’Brien, Kim Clausen, Roberta Mercier, Renee McLaughlan, Jenny Slusser; their beloved husbands, wives and children; and hundreds of very close friends.

A memorial service will take place at 1:00 p.m. March 6, 2010 at the Kern River Valley Seventh Day Adventist Church, 3801 Golden Spur Street, Lake Isabella, Calif. A reception will take place immediately following at the home of Bob and Donna Brouett, 4480 Erskine Creek Road, Lake Isabella, Calif.,

We Love You Dad!