Obituary of IRVIN PERRY DUKE, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date: March 17, 1966

Headline:  Irvin Perry Duke of Texas Succumbs

Irvin Perry Duke, 95, of Sherman, Texas, died at 3 a.m. Thursday, March 10.  
He was the retired postmaster of the post office at Rochelle.

Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the chapel of the Jena 
First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dan Blake, the Rev. Bill Moore and the 
Rev. K. G. Brooks officiating.  Burial followed at Pine Grove Cemetery near 
Whitehall under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Duke Nelson of Little Rock, 
Ark.; two sons, Perry E. Duke of San Antonio, Texas, and Gordon Duke of 
Sherman, Texas; one brother, Marshall H. Duke of Jena; two sisters, Miss 
Allie Duke of Jena and Mrs. Ethel Roberts of Route 2, Alexandria; 13 
grandchildren;  host of great grandchildren; and two 
great-great-grandchildren.