Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Duke, David, 1946 

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Rites Friday For David Duke 

  SUFFOLK, March 7 - Funeral services for David Duke, 76, who died last night 
at the home of his son, Presley [sic; Pressley] Duke, at Nurneyville, will be 
held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Cypress Chapel Christian church. 

  Besides his son, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. W.L. Babb, of 
Nurney Siding; Mrs. E.D. Rawles, Buffalo, N.Y., and Mrs. Minnie Rawles, of 
Richmond; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and a half-sister, Mrs. 
Otelia Coleman, of Newport News. 

  The body was taken to the Hill Funeral Home where it will remain until 2:30 
p.m. tomorrow, at which time the funeral procession will leave for the church. 
Rev. R.E. Brittle and Dr. I.W. Johnson will officiate.  Burial will be in the 
church cemetery. 


David DUKE, merchant, 
b. 12 May 1869, Nansemond Co., d. 6 Mar 1946, at son's home, Nurneyville, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 8 Mar 1946, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 308, Thurs., Mar. 7, 1946, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #28033664. 

He shares a monument with both his wives - Rosa May (JONES) DUKE (1872 - 1908) 
   & Mary Catherine "Cattie" (BYRD) DUKE (1872 - 1937). 

D.Cert. 6908 (Whaleyville #7) 

He was a son of Thomas "Tom" & Caroline (BYRD) DUKE. 


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