M. Elaine KingM. Elaine (Hammond) King, 90, of Cumberland, went to be with the Lord on Friday (August 7, 2026). A 1953 graduate of Byesville High School, Elaine worked twenty-four years as an office manager in accounting at Meridian Plastics; five years at Crown Oil; and twenty years as office manager and human resource manager at L.D.M. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of seventy-three years, Carl Cecil King, who passed away July 22, 2026. Also deceased are three siblings: Alberta Brown, Ralph Hammond, and James Hammond; and a son, Carl Jeffery King. Elaine is survived by her son, Bruce (Trina) King of New Concord; her grandchildren: Travis King of Washington DC, Amanda (Luke) King-Buday of Monticello KY, and Aaron (Nichole) King of Cambridge; her five great-grandchildren: Alissa Buday, Addyson Buday, Alivia Buday, Blake King, and Hayden King; and several nieces & nephews, including a beloved nephew whom Elaine held in her heart as a son, Sonny (Dee) King of Sebastian FL and Sonny’s children: Stephanie (John) McCullough and Rusty (Brittany) King, and Sonny’s grandchildren: Kimberlin (Morgan) Corbitt, Kyle McCullough, and Breanna (Justin) Leonard, and Sonny’s great-grandchildren.