OBITUARY: Thomas Lloyd King

Thomas Lloyd King

Thomas Lloyd King, age 86, returned to his Heavenly Father on May 27, 2021 at St. George Regional Hospital, due to natural causes. He was born on November 3, 1934 in Culver City, California to Frank Lloyd King and Selma Alberta Watkins.

He was a California native and attended Venice High School. He married Diane Ware and they had two beautiful daughters Dana and Pamela; They were later divorced. In 1986, he met and married the love of his life, Beth Jones and they had one son, Paul. They were later sealed in the St. George Temple.

Tom was a landscape architect by trade and owned his own business, where he thrived with his creativity and expertise. He was highly revered for his artistic design throughout Beverly Hills, California. He was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a sunbeam teacher, high priest group leader and cubmaster.

The second love of his life was car racing. In his earlier years, he could be found at the racetrack on Saturday nights watching stock car races. In later years, he avidly watched every type of racing. He loved water sports, his ski boat, dune buggying, four-wheeling, motorcycling, camping and… Yahtzee.

He loved being a husband, father and grandfather. He always made everyone feel as though they were his favorite and always expressed how proud he was of each of them.

He is survived by his sister Shirley Fletcher, Yerington, NV; daughter Pamela (Greg) Kennedy, Atlanta, GA, and son Paul King, Las Vegas, NV; grandchildren: Josh Kennedy, Meagan (Jordan) Day, Jaclyn (Brad) Darrington, Cody (Shaylee) King, Trevor (Andrea) Kennedy. and Amelia King; great grandchildren: Kieren, Amalyn Catalina, Easton, Luke, Lily Grace, Isabella, Lillian, and Charlotte; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his daughter Dana.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the LDS Littlefield Chapel in Littlefield, AZ.

There will be two visitations: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Metcalf Mortuary, 288 W St. George Blvd., St. George, UT, and Wednesday, June 2, 2021 from 8:30 until 9:30 a.m. at the Littlefield LDS Chapel, 3260 E Old Hwy 91, Littlefield, AZ. Burial will be at Mesquite City Cemetery in Mesquite, NV.