Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Duke, Charles B., 1934 

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CHARLES BONAPARTE DUKE

  Suffolk, March 2 - Funeral services for Charles Bonaparte Duke, prominent 
Suffolk citizen and former merchant, who died last night at his home on 
Chestnut Street, will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the 
residence, conducted by the Rev. John G. Truitt, pastor of the Suffolk 
Christian Church, in which Mr. Duke had long held membership.

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Besides his wife, Mrs. Grace Carr 
Duke, Mrs. Duke is survived by one brother, C.J. Duke, of Suffolk; two 
sisters, Mrs. Mamie Rawles of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Worthy Harrell of 
Portsmouth; the following nieces and nephews; Charles C. Duke, Miss Rachel 
Duke and Sidney Brinkley, of Suffolk; Mrs. Sidney Stallings and Charlie 
Harrell, of Port Norfolk, and Mrs. Earle McGary, of Los Angeles.

  For a long number of years Mr. Duke was engaged in the mercantile 
business in Suffolk, and later he was a salesman, having a wide circle of 
friends not only in this city but in the territory through which he travelled.

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CHARLES B. DUKE 

   Suffolk, March 3 - Funeral services for Charles Bonaparte Duke, prominent 
citizen of this city and former merchant, who died at his home on Chestnut 
Street Thursday night, will be held this afternoon at the home on Chestnut 
Street, conducted by the Rev. John G. Truitt, pastor of the Suffolk Christian 
Church, of which Mr. Duke was a member.

   A quartet choir, composed of Mrs. A.D. Brinkley, Mrs. Gladys Dole Morgan, 
W.W. Ballard and James Harrell, sang "In the Hour of Trial" and "Abide with 
Me." Mrs. C.R. Wallace was accompanist.  The casket was covered with a pall of 
lilies and white roses.

   Active pallbearers were Charles Williams, Dr. G. Richardson Joyner, Robert 
Tynes, I.P. Brinkley, Dr. J.E. Rawls, Dr. C.F. Griffin, Charles D. Andrews and 
M.C. Flanders.

   Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Charles Bonaparte DUKE, former merchant, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 1 Mar 1934, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 39), Suffolk, 3 Mar 1934, 
"The Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk (VA) Landmark," obit, Mar. 3, 1934; 
"The Suffolk (VA) News Herald," funeral notice, dateline Mar. 3, 1934 

*His parents are buried in Block F, Lot 171. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 


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