January 6, 2025, 69, Mount Olive —

Paula Hudson King Parks, life long resident of the Pleasant Grove community near Mount Olive, passed away Monday, January 6, 2025.  She was 69 years old.

Paula was a graduate of East Duplin High School. For most of her life she assisted her mother in the operation of Outlaw’s Grill.  After her mother’s retirement, she was employed at Guilford East for a number of years.  She was a member of the Snow Hill Original Free Will Baptist Church, Mount Olive.

Paula’s life will be remembered in a funeral service to be held Thursday, January 9, at 11:00 a.m. in the Snow Hill Church,  1224 Red Hill Road, Mount Olive.  Officiating will be Pastor Mark S. Hobbs.  She will be buried next to her mother in the churchyard.  The family will receive friends immediately following the service.

Paula is survived by her daughter, Misty King Hardy and husband, Porky, and her son, Warren King, all of the Pleasant Grove community; a sister, Donna H. Morris and husband, Johnny, also of Pleasant Grove; five grandchildren, Alex King, Ivy King, Hailey King, Channa Guy, and Jayla Guy, along with their families; an aunt; and several cousins and families.

She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Terri Gail King; her husband, Gary Neal King; her mother, Ernestine Outlaw “Tootsie” Hudson; her brother, Oscar Frederick “Freddie” Hudson, Jr.; and a good friend, Nathan W. “Tommy” Scott.