Billie Jean King was born February 2, 1948 to Idella Johnson and Oliver Johnson, Sr. in Boswell, Oklahoma. She attended Boswell High School. She was married to John Thomas King for thirty-five years. Billie is preceded in death by her parents, exhusband, one daughter, one son, one sister and brother. She leaves to cherish her memory her son, Ronald Lee Ward, granddaughter Brianna Andriea Hollemann, of Oklahoma City, sisters: Betty Jo Brigham of Houston, TX, Joyce Tubbs of Fort Worth, TX, Wanda Parker of Oklahoma City, OK, Oliver Johnson, Jr. (Veronica) of Tampa, Florida, nephew Eric Zachary of Oklahoma City, god-daughters Elane Johnson and Kewanna Todd of Oklahoma City, OK, a host of nieces nephews, many other relatives and many friends.