TENNESSEE COLONY — Funeral services for Virgil T. King, 71, of Tennessee Colony, were held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, at Bailey & Foster Chapel in Palestine.

Burial was in Liberty Hill Cemetery near Frankston under the direction of Bailey & Foster.

Mr. King died Tuesday, Dec. 28, at his residence.

He was born July 8, 1933 in Waggner, Okla. to Virgil and Ollie Mae Fields King.

Mr. King was a self employed as a construction contractor in the Houston area for many years. He was a member of the Church of Christ. He also was a member of the Carpenters Union Local 213 and the Benchrest Shooters Assn. of Houston. Mr. King served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Dorothy Mae Milum.

Mr. King is survived by his wife, Lois M. Clakley King of Tennessee Colony; daughters, Janice Broussard of Katy, Judy Harman of Houston and Jeanie White of Pearland; mother-in-law, Vaudine Dansby of Frankston; seven grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Its a secret so don’t tell anyone. Virgil had Ed Shilen cut a custom barrel in half. He joined another half of a left hand twist barrel to the first half of the original RH twist bore. How they rejoined it in perfect alignment and with smooth transition from the first portion right hand twist to the now left hand twist is a secret even I could not be told. But hey I’m not a barrel maker so it doesn’t matter.

Anywho now that the bullet spins clockwise in the first half of the barrel, but then reverses to counter clock in the latter portion of the bore all works to cancel out spin drift. But its a good thing it’s a 300 meter benchrest trick because if it was a long range gig you’d need to know it doubles Coriolis effect and invigorates the angle of repose.