Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duck, Benjamin H., 1972 

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BENJAMIN HARRISON DUCK

   A funeral service for Benjamin Harrison Duck, 84, of Rt. 3, Franklin was 
held Monday at 3 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home by the Rev. 
James Luck and the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, Jr.

   Burial was in Colosse Church Cemetery.

   Duck died Sunday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, after a brief 
illness.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a son of John W. and Mrs. Gertie* 
Turner Duck and the husband of Mrs. Mary Coggsdale Duck.

   He was a member of Colosse Baptist Church and was a retired watchman of 
Union Camp Corp.

   Besides his widow, surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Eldridge Pope of 
Carrsville, Mrs. L.C. Cutchins and Mrs. D.C. Blythe of Franklin, and Mrs. Bob 
Walker of Littleton, N.C.; two sons, Linwood Duck of Carrsville and Bennie 
Duck of Holland; and 12 grandchildren.


Benjamin Harrison DUCK, of the Franklin area, retired Union Camp watchman, 
b. Apr 1888*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 22 Oct 1972, Suffolk, age 84, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 23 Oct 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Oct. 30, 1972, Sect. A, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} list (#44): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

The cemetery list gives b. 26 Apr 1888, and his mother appears as 
   Bettie E. Duck. 

Benjamin's Va. Death Certificate (#72-032676) gives 27 Apr 1888, 
   and his mother as Betty Turner Duck. 


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