Nansemond-Isle of Wight County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duke, Dora E., 1982 

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Miss Dora E. Duke 

  Miss Dora Elizabeth Duke, 64, of 329 Pinner St., died Saturday in Louise 
Obici Memorial Hospital.  She was a native of Isle of Wight County and the 
daughter of the late Henry E. and Mrs. Dora Lankford Duke. 

  She is survived by an aunt, Mrs. Lucille L. Bradshaw of Carrsville; and 
cousins, nieces and nephews. 

  A graveside service will be held today at 2:30 p.m. in Cedar Hill Cemetery 
by the Rev. Henry Chaney.  The body will be taken from Sidney F. Harrell 
Funeral Home to the cemetery at 1:30 p.m. 

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DORA ELIZABETH DUKE 

   SUFFOLK - A funeral service for Dora Elizabeth Duke, 64, was held at 3:30 
p.m. Monday in Cedar Hill Cemetery by the Rev. Henry Chaney with Sidney F. 
Harrell Funeral Home in charge. 

   Mrs. Duke died Saturday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

   She was a native of Isle of Wight County. 

   Survivors include an aunt, Lucille L. Bradshaw of Carrsville, and nieces 
and nephews. 


Dora Elizabeth DUKE, 
b. 8 Jul 1918, Isle of Wight Co., d. 10 Apr 1982, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 53*), Suffolk, 12 Apr 1982, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 60, No. 87, Mon., Apr. 12, 1982, p. 2; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Thurs., Apr. 15, 1982, p. 7a 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 

Find a Grave Memorial #255526132 [no grave photo] 

Her parents, Henry Elihu & Dora Jane (LANKFORD) DUKE, are buried 
   in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 82-011357 gives her father as Henry Elisher DUKE. 

The 1940 Census - 277 Holladay St., Suffolk - gives res. of Isle of Wight Co. 
   on 1 Apr 1935. 

The 1950 Census - Suffolk, Nansemond Co. - gives unable to work. 

Her parents were first cousins, grandchildren of Henry Harrison & 
   "Sallie" Sarah Mariah (GARDNER) DUKE. 

Henry Harrison DUKE (1827 - 1908) was a Confederate veteran, 
   having served as a private in Co. F, 61st VA Infantry. 
   He is marked in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   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 

Her father's obit (Suffolk News-Herald," May 18, 1953, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d200h4ob.txt 

Her mother's obit (Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 14, 1968, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d200d2ob.txt 


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

file at: 
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