Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Duke, John F. Sr., 1959 

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JOHN FRANCIS DUKE 

JOHN F. DUKE, 87*, BURIED SUNDAY 

SAL AGENT OVER 50 YEARS 

   CARRSVILLE - Funeral services for John Francis Duke, who died Friday, 
April 10, were conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Beaver Dam Baptist Church 
by the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton, Jr., pastor.  Burial was in the church 
cemetery with Masonic rites.

   Active pallbearers were Tall Jones, John Abbitt, Vaughan Beale, Carl 
Steinhardt, Lt. Gov. A.E.S. Stephens, George Franklin Whitley, Bobby Worrell 
and Dr. C.S. Crossland.

   A prominent lifetime resident of the community, he had been with the 
Seaboard Airline Railroad for more than 50 years, serving as agent in Franklin 
at the time of his retirement.

   For the last 17 years, he had served as assisted County Judge for Isle 
of Wight.  He was an old and active member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, a 
charter member of the Ruritan Club, and an active member of Franklin Masonic 
Lodge 151 for 59 years.  He was a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Merchants and Farmer Bank of Franklin.

   Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mamie Nelms Duke; one son, John F. Duke, Jr.; 
two daughters, Elizabeth E. Duke and Louise E. Duke, all of Carrsville; one 
sister, Mrs. L.A. March of Greenwood, S.C.; one brother, J.A. Duke of Oxford, 
N.C., and one niece, Mrs. R.E. Bradsher of Oxford.


John Francis DUKE [Sr.], retired Seaboard Airline R.R. agent, 
former IoW.Co. judge, 
NC native, d. 10 Apr 1959, Carrsville, age 86*, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery**, 12 Apr 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 13, 1959, Sect. I, p. 1 

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

*b. 26 Apr 1872, so died just short of 87 

His widow's obits ("Tidewater News," Feb. 8 & 11, 1960) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d200m3ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 3, 1921, p. 9) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d200l2ob.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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