MRS. CLAUDETTE RIVERS KING – Age 74, of Dalton, Georgia passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2022. She was born on April 19, 1947 to Mrs. Eva Lou Betton Rivers and the late Rev. Curtis Rivers, Sr. She was preceded by her husband, Thomas J. King, faithfully for thirty years, her sister, Mary Frances Brown, and brothers, Ray Betton, and Clinton Betton. She was a graduate of Emery Street School Class of 1965, attended Morris Brown College, and a graduate of Blayton Business School. She was the Administrative Assistant for the Dean of Whitney M. Young, Jr. School of Social Work, at Clark Atlanta University. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and attended New Hope Baptist Church in Dalton.

Survivors are her loving and devoted mother, Mrs. Eva Lou Rivers; siblings, David (Ollie) Betton, Curtis (Patricia) Rivers, Jr., Robert James (Helen) Rivers, Sr., Teresa Ray, Bernard (Cheryl) Betton; sisters-in-law, Marie Tapp, Blondell King; brother-in-law, Johnny King; devoted caretakers, Randy and Tia Rodriguez and their children, Lillie Grace, Ian, and Wyatt; godchildren, Clinton Dillard, Rashida Compton, Toni Pinson; a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and long-time friends, Carolyn Hawkins – Brown, Shirlene Grant, Emery Street Class of 1965, and other friends.

Homegoing Celebration will be Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 1:00 P. M. at New Hope Baptist Church, 900 Roan St, Dalton, GA 30721 where Rev. Kenneth F. Scaife is the Pastor, with Rev. Timothy McDonald, III as Eulogist, Pastor Judge Rodney Weaver, Presider. Her remains will lie in state at the funeral home on Friday after 12:00 noon. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6:00 - 7:00 P. M. at the funeral home. Interment, West Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Emery Center, P. O. Box 1831, Dalton, Georgia 30722 – 1831. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Inc., Dalton, Georgia.