Beckham Co OK - Edward T. Duke

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Edward T.DUKE b.1858 d.10 Nov 1935 burial Carter cemetery *
Carter,Beckham county,Oklahoma

E.T.DUKE Rites Are Held Wednesday Afternoon At Carter Lived In Houston

Funeral services were held for E.T.DUKE,Houston,Texas,former Beckham
county resident,Wednesday afternoon at Carter.Rev.C.A.BRASWELL,pastor of
the First Baptist Church there,conducted the services.Funeral services
also were held the Cettegastk off chapel in Houston,Texas,Tuesday.

Mr.DUKE filed on a claim three miles west of Carter in 1898 and was owner
of a hog ranch and farm at Doxey until 1910 when he moved to Houston,Texas.
He was a member of the Masonic Lodge.

Mr.DUKE died Sunday,November 10.His body arrived in Carter Wednesday
morning and lay in state at the Baptist Church at Carter until the services.

Survivors are his widow,Mrs.E.T.DUKE;four daughters,Mrs.R.L.RUSH,of
Houston,Mrs.R.N.WHITAKER,Houston,Mrs.Donald E.HUFF of
Roanoke,Va.,Mrs.Clemmie Loyd of Roanoke,Va.,two sons,A.R.and E.C.,both of
Houston;eight grandchildren;and six great grandchildren.