June 14, 2024, 90, Mount Olive —

Kathleen King Torres, Mount Olive resident, passed away Friday evening, June 14, 2024,  in Walterboro, SC at the home of a grandson.  She was 90.

“Kathleen,” as she was fondly called, was well known for her association of over 29 years at Lewis Drug Store in downtown Mount Olive where she assisted Hooty and Bersha Lewis as store clerk and pharmacist assistant.  There is absolutely no count of how many orangeades and lemonades she made,  as well as scoops of ice cream she dipped!  She was a long-time member of Mount Olive Lion’s Club and enjoyed keeping her yard perfectly manicured for just as long as her health permitted.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Minnie Smith King; four brothers, Charlie, William, Percy, and Henry Lee King; four sisters, Thelma K. Parrish, Margaret K. Price, Virginia K. Bailey, and Jacqueline King; as well as her husbands.

Surviving her are a daughter, Joan B. Nunn of Faison; three grandchildren and their families; two sisters, Ruth K. Bennett of Mount Olive, and Barbara K. “Dink” Paige of Warsaw; and several nieces, nephews, and their families.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial gifts be made to Gentiva Hospice, or to Walterboro Hospice.

Funeral services will be Thursday, June 20, at 1 p.m. by the graveside at Wayne Memorial Park. 

A brief visitation will follow the service.