He was a pivotal player in getting recognition for landscape architecture as licensed professionals in the state in 1958. Only the third licensed landscape architect in Georgia, he wrote the bill that set requirements for landscape architects in the state, and Rep. Garland Byrd introduced the legislation and got it passed. According to the latest tally of the Georgia State Board of Landscape Architects, there are 866 licensed LAs in the state.

Mr. King also served as president of the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

His career in landscape architecture spanned more than six decades. As a partner and private business owner, he helped build and design subdivisions in DeKalb County in the 1950s and 1960s, including Sagamore Hills and Toney Valley.

Mr. King worked in Nashville before moving to Atlanta in 1947 and working with landscape architect Eugene Martini for several years, then went into business with Ansel Poe.

When he left private practice, Mr. King managed developments across the Southeast for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In his later years he was a community planner for the construction of Hurlburt Field at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

He was a member of the Decatur Masonic Lodge and Civitan Club and a longtime member of Decatur First United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his daughter, Mary, his son, Robert, a sister, Mary, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.