Complex sentence: Coretta Scott King, wife of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Marion in 1927 and spent her childhood there, graduating from Lincoln Normal School as valedictorian in 1945.
Split into simpler sentences: Coretta Scott King, wife of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Marion in 1927 and spent her childhood there. She graduating from Lincoln Normal School as valedictorian in 1945.