Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duck, M. Elizabeth Turner, 1934 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY ELIZABETH "BETTIE" TURNER DUCK MRS. B.T. DUCK Mrs. Bettie Turner Duck, 70, died December 16 at the home of her son, Booke Duck near Carrsville. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Duck Carr and two sons, Messrs. Elisha and Booke Duck, three brothers and two sisters and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her loss. The funeral was held at Colosse on Monday afternoon by her pastor Rev. J.S. Cobb. The flowers were many and beautiful. Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" (TURNER; Mrs. John W.) DUCK, b. 11 Aug 1864*, Southampton Co., d. 16 Dec 1934, at son's home, Carrsville, interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse*, 17 Dec 1934, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 14, No. 37, Dec. 27, 1934, p. 1, col. 5 *Additional information: Cemetery list gives Bettie E. Duck, 1863 - 1935; her husband's birthdate is given wrong - "1809". Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #44: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html A photo with his Find a Grave Memorial (#110416373) shows a metal marker from a funeral home, with the birth year missing or obscurred by dirt; d. 1923. No D.Cert. found for John. Bettie's Confederate pension application states he d. 15 Feb 1923, in Isle of Wight Co. John's Confederate pension application states he served in the Isle of Wight Grays (D/16th Va. Inf.), 1861-64; he does not appear on the roster in King's "Historical Notes." The 1900 Census gives John as b. Sep 1844; Bettie, Oct 1863. (Windsor Dist. (#1&0, IoW.Co.) Their marriage record: John W. Turner, 41y25d, single, b. & res. Isle of Wight Co., sn/o Elisha & Ellie, Farmer Mary E. Turner, 18y2m3d, single, b. Southampton Co., res. Isle of Wight Co., dt/o Levi & Martha m. 21 Oct 1882, Isle of Wight, by J.F. Deans (Isle of Wight Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1882, p. 188, ln. 19) Bettie's birthdate &c. from her D.Cert. #29287 (Windsor #10). Her parents were Levi W. & Martha (ENGLISH) TURNER, m. 27 Oct 1850, IoW.Co. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d200e4ob.txt