Atlanta, GA -- Relatives say a public memorial will be held next week for Yolanda King, the firstborn child of the Reverend Martin Luther King Junior and Coretta Scott King.

YOLANDA KING “Yoly” Merrillville, Indiana and formerly of Hammond, Indiana Age 57, passed from God’s earth to her new home in Heaven on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. Beloved wife … ...

Yolanda Denise King — nicknamed Yoki by the family — was born Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., where her father was then preaching. Her brother Martin III was born in 1957; brother Dexter ...