Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duck, Dennis H., 1967 

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Carrsville Father and Daughter Killed in Accident on James River Bridge 

  A near head-on crash with a truck on the James River Bridge last Friday 
resulted in death of Dennis Hugh Duck, 27, and his two and a half year old 
daughter, Diana, of Carrsville. 

  Also injured in the accident were Mrs. Judy Whitley Duck, 25, a passenger 
in the car, and two other children, Forrest Duck, age 4, and Wendy Duck, age 
16 months.  Mrs. Duck suffered internal and head injuries.  The children were 
admitted with their mother at Riverside Hospital, and were treated for head 
injuries and severe lacerations. 

  Victor Lansing Hill of Portsmouth, driver of the truck owned by Rental 
Uniform Service of Portsmouth, was hospitalized for possible fractures of both 
shoulders and of the left foot. 

  Both Mr. Duck and his daughter were pronounced dead on arrival at Riverside 
Hospital about 10:40 a.m. Friday. 

  The accident occurred 2.8 miles south of the north end of the James River 
Bridge, 1.9 miles from the toll plaza on the Isle of Wight County side, and 
about one-half mile south of the hump, according to Virginia State Trooper 
O.E. Webb, Jr. 

  Webb said the driver of the northbound truck applied his brakes because of 
a slow-moving vehicle ahead of him on the bridge, and apparently lost control 
of the truck, veered over into the southbound lane, hitting the bridge on the 
west side and then colliding with the Duck's small foreign sedan.  The Duck 
vehicle was traveling south at the time. 

  The accident is under investigation. 

  A funeral service was held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Holland Funeral Home 
in Franklin for Mr. Duck and his daughter.  Burial was in Beaver Dam Baptist 
Church Cemetery at Carrsville. 

  Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parker Duck of 
Philadelphia; his wife, son and daughter; two brothers, Wayne P. Duck of 
Little Rock AFB, Jacksonville, Ark., and John P. Duck of Suffolk; his paternal 
grandmother, Mrs. Florence Duck of Carrsville; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. 
Sally Scott of Carrsville. 

  The daughter, Diana, is survived by her mother, brother, sister, paternal 
grandparents and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Boyce Whitley of Franklin. 


Dennis Hugh DUCK, of Philadelphia, PA, salesman, Air Force veteran, 
b. 20 Oct 1939, Franklin, killed in collision 24 Mar 1967, James River Bridge, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Carrsville, 27 Mar 1967, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 46, No. 13, Wed., Mar. 29, 1967, p. 1, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #179581883 & #59844319, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*Additional information: 

Beaver Dam list (BD-32), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #42: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his grave marker - also added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #179581883. 

D.Cert. 67-008414 

His widow 2m. a WOLFE, div., 3m. Jack Otis GRAY 1 Feb 1986, & div. in 1987. 

His parents are buried in New Union Cemetery, Rockford, Coosa Co., AL. 

His father was an Army veteran of WW-II. 

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Dianna Letitia DUCK, daughter of Dennis Hugh & Judith Gray (WHITLEY) DUCK, 
   of Philadelphia, 
b. 23 Oct 1963, Nansemond Co., 
killed in collision 24 Mar 1967, James River Bridge, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville, 27 Mar 1967, 

A photo of her grave marker - also added by Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #59844319. 

D.Cert. 67-008413 


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