The memorial service marking the life and passing of Dexter Scott King will be held, fittingly, at the place his family has called their spiritual home for more than a century.
Ebenezer Baptist Church will host what they are calling a “candlelight musical experience,” to honor King, who died Jan. 22 .
The service will be held on Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The King family announced that the event will be open to the public and livestreamed through The King Center.
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The third of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr.’s four children, Dexter Scott King was 62 years old when he died in his California home after a three-year battle with prostate cancer.
His youngest sister, Bernice King, said his body was also cremated “by his wishes.”
Although he retreated into the background over the last decade, at one time Dexter King was the highest-profile King heir, serving as both chairman of The King Center’s board of trustees and CEO of the King Estate.
At the King Estate, Dexter King navigated — sometimes amid controversy — the course of his father’s legacy, controlling his intellectual property and likeness.