Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Duke, Bedie L. Carr, 1959 

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BEDIE LILLIAN CARR DUKE

   Mrs. Bedie Carr Duke, 64, well-known resident of Isle of Wight County, 
and wife of Joseph Lee Duke, died at her home Monday afternoon, Feb. 23, 
after a lingering illness.

   She was the daughter of the late Matthew B. and Sarah Lankford Carr of 
Isle of Wight County.  She was a member of the Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 
the Woman’s Missionary Society, the Garland Moore Circle and the Ladies 
Bible Class.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Bernice 
Duke Cones of Holland and Mrs. Doris Duke Johnson of Franklin; three sons, 
Roger Lee Duke, Holland; Roy Carr Duke, Franklin, and Joseph Matthews Duke, 
Carrsville; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. James F. Bracey, Sr., 
Franklin and Mrs. David J. Gavin, Wallace, N.C., and a number of nieces 
and nephews.

   Funeral services were held yesterday (Wednesday) at the Holland Funeral 
Chapel at 2:00 p.m. by the Rev. E.C. Thornton, pastor of the Beaver Dam 
Baptist Church, and the Rev. Tucker Humphries, pastor of the Franklin 
Congregation Church.  Burial was in the Beaver Dam Church cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Raby Holland, Cifford Holland, James Bracey, Jr., 
Elwood Gavin, Bobby Gavin, Sheppard Johnson, Arthur Howell and John I. 
Kitchen.


Bedie Lillian (CARR; Mrs. Jos. Lee) DUKE, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 23 Feb 1959, at home, Isle of Wight Co., age 64, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, 25 Feb 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 26, 1959, Sect. I, p. 8 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Beaver Dam list (BC-33 & -19) - an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 


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