CHARLESTON — Senior Status Judge Dan O'Hanlon temporarily will fill a seat on the Kanawha Circuit Court after last month's death of Circuit Judge Charlie King.
O'Hanlon began considering matters January 5. O'Hanlon previously served as a Cabell Circuit Court judge before his retirement and move to senior status.
King, who also served Kanawha County Prosecutor, died December 28. King had been a circuit judge since 1988. He was Chief Circuit Judge several times, including most of 2020. Before that, he served as a prosecutor from 1973 until he was elected County Prosecutor in 1984.
King was a native of Charleston and a graduate of George Washington High School. He had a 1970 accounting degree from West Virginia University and a 1973 law degree from West Virginia University College of Law. After college, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was later discharged with the rank of Captain.
Gov. Jim Justice will appoint a successor for King. Funeral services for King will take place January 6 at the Kanawha County Courthouse. The Kanawha County Commission will steam the funeral on its Facebook page starting at noon. King will be buried at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens in Cross Lanes.