Dorothy Herring King Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dorothy Herring King of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who passed away on December 21, 2025, at the age of 89, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Dorothy Herring King to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Henry Herring and Winnie Blanton Herring; her former husband Earl King; her husband Claxton Harris; her daughter-in-law Molly Albea King; her granddaughter Taylor King; and her sisters, Gay Butner Brown and Betty Kaye Herring Shapiro.
She is survived by: her children, Robby King, Rick King (Sheri), Sandy King McGraw (Terry) and Reggie King (Molly); her grandchildren, Jake King (Jessica), Noah King (Sanyu), Abbey King Harwell (Justin), Matt King and Josh King; and her great grandchildren, Levi, Hayden, Maddie King and Luke Harwell.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Breast Cancer Research Foundation (https://give.bcrf.org.) or Susan G. Komen (https://www.komen.org.).
