Margaret Jane King was born June 25, 1920 in Mississippi to parents Anse Green and Lennie Pearl Fortenberry King. She had a brother, John Rufus King.
She married James Lavern Collins.
Together they had children: James Anse and Joann.
Margaret Jane King divorced James Lavern Collins for the reason of his abandonment of the family.
Margaret Jane King passed away September 1, 1992.
She is buried next to her father in the Pelahatchie Cemetery in Rankin County, Mississippi.
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"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB39-711 : accessed 22 July 2015), Margaret King in household of Anse King, Pelahatchie, Beat 4, Rankin, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-14, sheet 8B, family 172, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2062.
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