Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duck, Percy L., 1990 

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PERCY LEE DUCK 

  SMITHFIELD - Percy Lee Duck, 67, died Thursday, March 22, at his home. 

  Mr. Duck was a native of Isle of Wight County.  He was retired from Newport 
News Shipbuilding. 

  He was an Army veteran of World War II and past master of Smithfield Lodge 
No. 18, AF&AM.  He was a member of Faith Freewill Baptist Church. 

  Survivors include his wife, Lillian Bradshaw Duck; a son, Robert T. Duck of 
Smithfield; a daughter, Beatrice D. Huber of Wakefield; three grandchildren; 
and a great-grandchild. 

  A graveside service with Masonic rites will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday 
in Mount Carmel Church Cemetery, Walters, by the Rev. Dan E. Gray. 

  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight in Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield. 

  The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to Isle of Wight Rescue Squad, Isle of Wight 23397. 

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Percy Lee Duck 

  Percy Lee Duck, 67, died Thursday, March 22, at his residence. 

  Mr. Duck was a native of Isle of Wight.  He was a member of the Faith 
Freewill Baptist Church of Smithfield.  He retired from Newport News 
Shipbuilding and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and Past Master 
of the Smithfield Lodge #18, AF & AM.  He was the son of the late Percy T. 
and Mattie Bulls Duck. 

  Survivors include his wife, Lillian Bradshaw Duck of Smithfield; a 
daughter, Beatrice D. Huber of Wakefield; a son, Robert T. Duck of 
Smithfield; three grandchildren, Sharon H. Atkins, Patricia H. Britt and 
Janet H. Cowling; and one great-grandchild, Carrie Elizabeth Atkins. 

  A graveside service with Masonic Rites was held Saturday, March 24, at 11 
a.m. at the Mount Carmel Church Cemetery of Walters; the Rev. Dan E. Gray 
officiated. 

  Memorial donations may be made to the Isle of Wight Rescue Squad, Isle of 
Wight, Virginia 23397. 

  Purviance Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. 


Percy Lee DUCK, retired from NNS&DD, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 9 Dec 1922, Isle of Wight Co., suicide 22 Mar 1990, at home, Smithfield, 
interred in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery*, Walters, 24 Mar 1990, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 23, 1990, p. B2; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Wed., Vol. 71, No. 13, Mar. 28, 1990, p. 6

*Mount Carmel list, Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} 
   Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTS} report #61: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

His parents, Percy Thomas & Mattie Byrd (BULLS) DUCK, are also buried there. 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Nov. 27, 2008) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d200l5ob.txt 


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