Gwendolyn Dubois King

Kaplan—Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Gwendolyn Mary Dubois King, 66, who died Friday, October 27, 2023 at Cornerstone Specialty Hospital. She will be laid to rest at Abshire Cemetery with Deacon Bryan Istre officiating the services.

“This season of my life I learned so much about life and myself I realized that life will test you so many times until the day that being strong is your only choice, I've experienced countless breakdowns, feeling lost while asking myself what is my purpose, I found myself settling for less and judged by a lot of people. I've been used and forgotten but I don't regret any of those moments because I've learned a lot. I've learned how to be tough and to guard my heart when it's necessary. I've learned that history sometimes never repeats itself and sometimes it does. I don't stay long where I don't belong sometimes you have to let go and move towards the blessings you deserve. I've been buried in the dark a few times and I learned to love myself there. Being in the dark doesn't mean you've been defeated because hope begins in the dark. The bigger the hope in your heart the wider the light that will mold me to be there, talking the talk and then there’s walking the walk.”

She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Timothy Edward King of Sulphur; two sons, Jason King of Sulphur and Joshua King of Sulphur; two daughters, Jardin Snider and her husband, Devin of Vinton, and Jillian King and her spouse, Justin Bracewell of Sulphur; one daughter-in-law, Evelyn Smith-King of Vinton; nine grandchildren; two sisters, Betty Herring of Lafayette and Rebecca Carroll and her husband, Charles of Kaplan; her mother-in-law, Anna Darlene Perry; her half brother-in-law, Eric Kim Perry; and her sister-in-law, Diane Drulard.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nores Dubois; her son, Jeremy King; her brother, Donald Dubois; and her step father-in-law, Robert Perry.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Friday, November 3, 2023 from 1:00 PM until 9:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 6:00 PM; Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 10:00 AM until the services at 2:00 PM.