DONNA KAY MARCUM

DONNA KAY MARCUM

Chief Donna Laughing Fawn (Donna Kay Marcum King) passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at the Scott County Hospital in Oneida, Tennessee.

Funeral services were held Thursday, May 4, 2006, at 12:00 p.m. in the chapel of Pine Knot Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Fults officiating. She was laid to rest in the Hazel Valley Cemetery.

In 1960, Donna joined the New Light United Baptist Church and was a life long member. She reigned as High Chief of the United Eastern Lenape Nation from 1994 until present. She organized and ran one of the first free clothing drives and food pantries in Scott County which began in 1983. Some of her greatest pleasures were attending churches, helping needy people and spending time with her children.

Born January 15, 1944 in Frankfort, Indiana she was the daughter of the late Bill and Lula Taylor West. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by a brother J.C. West.

Donna is survived by her loving family Jennifer, Darrell and Brandon Miller of Sanford, North Carolina, Bonnie, Elijah and Amber Knuckles of Corbin, Kentucky, Jeffrey, Heather, Christina King, and great- grandson Bobby Lee Sexton of Oneida, Tennessee, Christopher King of Winfield, Tennessee, and a special friend Mary Strunk also of Winfield.

Pine Knot Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements.