Charles King Obituary

Charles Sherman King, age 85, Pekin, Indiana passed away on January 25, 2026, at Floyd County Baptist Hospital in New Albany, Indiana. He was born on September 22, 1940, in Caneyville Kentucky. His parents were the late Arvel and Erlenia Hayes Short of Pekin, Indiana.

Sherman lived in Caneyville, Kentucky with his grandparents, John and Laura Hayes, until he was 15. Then, he moved to Washington County where he lived and worked at various farm and labor jobs during the last 70 years.

He loved going out to eat to different restaurants and getting ice cream with his friends, Claire and Betty. He was one of the oldest members to attend the Dugger - Short Reunion which takes place every two years.

He still has 2 living sisters, Audrey (John) May in Trafalgar, Indiana and Mary Louise Short (Stan) Holobaugh in Pt St Lucie, Florida. He has many nieces and nephews, his long-term friend Claire Reynolds and his caretaker and friend, Betty Albertson Gibson.

He was proceeded in death by: his parents, his grandparents, John and Laura (Anderson) Hayes, Caneyville, Kentucky and Lee W. and Evaline (Hardy) Short, Pekin, Indiana; two sisters: Judy Higham, Lake Station, Indiana and Barbara Dugger, Ft Pierce, Florida and two brothers: Jimmy Arvel and Freddie Short who lived in Washington County, Indiana.

Cremation was chosen with funeral care being directed by Dawalt Funeral Home in Salem, Indiana.

There will be a celebration of life announced at a later date.