Carolyn Yvonne Patterson King was born on December 14, 1939 in Itawamba County to the late Keither Patterson and Marie Bethay Patterson. She grew up in the Nettleton/New Chapel area and lived there all her life. Yvonne graduated from Itawamba Agricultural High School in 1958. She married James Harold King who died in 1978 leaving her to raise the family and make ends meet. She was never fearful of work and had a keen business mind. She owned and operated for over 25 years the iconic Hamburger Hut, a popular Nettleton restaurant and hangout, where she was a master cook, bottle washer and everything else. Her hamburgers were sought after far and wide as well as other home-cooked cuisine. Her presence in the Nettleton area brought a diversity of people together to enjoy fellowship one with another. Yvonne was a member of the Nettleton First Community Church but attended Shiloh Community Church in her later years with her son, Jeff. She loved flowers, gardening, bowling, shopping and sharing life with her family, many friends and customers.
A service celebrating her life will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in the Sadie Holland Memorial Chapel at Holland Funeral Directors-Tupelo with Pastors Danny Estes, Earl McAnally and Tommy Ray Dabbs speaking. Burial will follow in New Chapel Cemetery east of Nettleton. Visitation will be from 4 PM-7PM Monday and from 10 AM-service time on Tuesday. For those unable to attend, the service may be viewed at hollandfuneraldirectors.com/Live-streaming at 11 AM Tuesday, and will be archived thereafter.
Yvonne leaves behind her son, Jeff King and wife, Jennifer of Nettleton; her grandchildren, Kendall Gillentine (Ryan) and Kaitlyn Guyton (Tyler); her great-grandchildren Caroline Gillentine, Macy Gillentine, Kathryn Guyton, and Cole Guyton; a niece, Ginger Logan (George), and two nephews, James Morgan (Judy) and Mike Morgan (Brenda) and their families. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Harold King; her parents, Keither and Marie Patterson; an infant son, Steven Keith, and her son, Gregory Scott King, and her sister, Mary Davis Morgan.
Pallbearers will be Terry Dill, Jamey Logan, Perry Lowry, Keith Morgan, Jake Stanford and Roger Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be Jamie Baulch, Billy Cox, Randy Harmon, George Logan, Carroll Pettigrew and Tommy Todd.
The family would like to thank the staff at The Meadows in Fulton and Sanctuary Hospice House for their extended care.
Holland Funeral Directors is honored to be serving their special friends. Condolences may be posted to Yvonne’s memorial page at hollandfuneraldirectors.com.
