Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Duke, Wm Reuben  April 24, 1942
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Ashland Progress
W. R. Duke who died at his home recently was buried at Mt. Moriah, the services 
being conducted by Revs. Bean, Sprayberry and Daugherty. He was 85 years of age 
and a large crowd attended his funeral. This man was a great citizen and was 
among the first to make wagons in this country. Also in the summer and fall of 
1870-80 pulled the ground hog threshes that made the bread the people of this 
section lived on. He was a millwright and made the mills before modern 
inventions. He was a man who meant much to this community and county. He stood 
for honesty, truth and veracity, law and order. He loved the Lord. He reared a 
large family, 15 children and 175 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He 
joined the Baptist church early in life and helped hew the timbers to make the 
building he worshiped in. He made coffins in early days. He asked to be buried 
in a home-made coffin, which his friends and neighbors did make for him. He has 
gone to that great beyond from which no traveler will ever return. A Friend and 
Neighbor, W. L. SPRAYBERRY.

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