Christine King Farris through the years

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Christine King Farris through the years

Christine King Farris through the years

Willie Christine King Farris, the last sibling of Martin Luther King Jr. and a retired professor at Spelman College, has died. Her family announced her passing on Thursday. She was 95. (Jessica McGowan / AJC 2009 file photo)

July 1974: Martin Luther King Sr. talks with his daughter, Christine, and her husband, Isaac Farris.

October 1978: First Lady Rosalynn Carter (from left), President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Christine King Farris and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young sing during a reception held at the White House to honor Friends of Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change.

January 2000: Christine King Farris at her home in Atlanta.

April 2002: Coretta Scott King celebrated her 75th birthday by inviting guests aboard a riverboat at Stone Mountain Park. Here she greets Isaac Farris and Christine King Farris.

January 2004: Christine King Farris (left) and Coretta Scott King watch as President George W. Bush lays a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. at the King Center in Atlanta.

April 2005: Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is flanked by her son, Martin Luther King III, and Christine King Farris, during a wreath laying ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of King's assassination. (W.A. Harewood / AP)

January 2006: Rev. A.A. Motley (from left), Christine King Farris and Rev. Floyd H. Flake during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church.

February 2006: Christine King Ferris watches as the casket arrives at the State Capitol during funeral services for Coretta Scott King.

February 2006: With a backdrop of the Spelman College Glee Club singing "We Shall Overcome," Juanita Abernathy (from left), widow of SCLC co-founder Dr. Ralph Abernathy, Christine King Farris and Evelyn G. Lowery, founder/board chair of SCLC/Women, hold hands during a Women's Memorial Candlelight Tribute to Coretta Scott King. Also pictured is Rev. Barbara King (far right), pastor Hillside Chapel and Truth Center.

June 2006: Christine King Farris and her son, Isaac Farris Jr., president of the King Center, view theology notes of Martin Luther King Jr.'s at Southeby's in New York.

November 2006: Christine King Farris and her husband, Issac Farris, walk away from the crypt after the ceremony marking the permanent entombment of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at the King Center.

November 2006: Christine King Farris (right) with Rev. Jesse Jackson (top center), Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) -- leaning on shovel -- and Andrew Young (top right) during the ground breaking for the Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall in Washington.

January 2007: Christine King Farris and her son, Isaac Farris Jr., during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

April 2007: Christine King Farris remember Coretta Scott King during a panel discussion as a tribute on her 80th birthday at the Atlanta History Center.

April 2007: Christine King Farris remembers Coretta Scott King during a panel discussion as a tribute on her 80th birthday at the Atlanta History Center.

July 2007: Christine King Farris leads a moment of silence for Jesse Hill Jr. at the Salute to Greatness Awards dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta. Hill, a co-chair of the event, was ill at the time.

Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College, takes a moment to congratulate Farris personally.

Ebenezer Baptist Church welcomes visitors to the birthday party.

The program highlighted some of Farris' life.

The Spelman College Glee Club and Farris' husband, Isaac N. Farris Sr., honor the octogenarian.

Ambassador Andrew Young shares stories about a trip to Paris during the event.

Savannah-Rae Snyder, 3, enjoys the celebration with her grandmother, Marilyn Davis of College Park. Davis is a colleague of Farris' at Spelman College.

Sylvia Cook (left) greets Dr. Christine King Farris as she arrives at Ebenezer Baptist Church for her 80th birthday celebration Sunday.

During the celebration, Darrell Watkins takes a few moments to read the program.

Farris and her husband enjoy the celebration.

In 2008, Christine King Farris participated in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's "Voices of King" podcast, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Dr. King's assassination. As part of that project, she sat for this portrait at her office at Spelman College. (Pouya Dianat / AJC 2008 photo)

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Willie Christine King Farris, the last sibling of Martin Luther King Jr. and a retired professor at Spelman College, has died. Her family announced her passing on Thursday. She was 95. (Jessica McGowan / AJC 2009 file photo)

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