Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duke, Henry E., 1953 

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HENRY ELISHA DUKE 

  Funeral services for Henry Elisha [sic*] Duke, of 329 Pinner Street, who 
died Thursday morning at the Patrick Henry Hospital, were held yesterday 
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the I.O. Hill and Company Funeral Home. 

  The Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of the Bethlehem Christian Church, and the 
Rev. Edward Thornton, pastor of the Beaver Dam Baptist Church, conducted the 
services.  Interment took place in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  The Rev. Brittle read two poems, "Crossing the Bar" and "The House by the 
Side of the Road."  Miss Ann Nelson, accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Webb 
Pinner, sang "Sometime We'll Understand" and "Sunrise." 

  The pall was of Easter lilies, white carnations, red gladioli and baby's 
breath. 

  Pallbearers were Matthews Duke, Roger Duke, Clifford Holland, Raby Holland, 
Harrell Whitley, Willie Lee Bradshaw, David Lankford, J.A. Holland, Roland 
Whitley and Hudson Lankford. 


Henry Elihu DUKE, of Suffolk, night watchman, 
b. 28 Oct 1883, Isle of Wight Co., d. 14 May 1953, Warwick, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 53*), Suffolk, 17 May 1953, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 31, No. 117, Mon., May 18, 1953, p. 1, 
   clipping posted with Find a Grave Memorial #90273737, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum 

*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 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #90273737. 

His WW-II draft card gives Henry Elihu, b. 28 Oct 1883. 

D.Cert. 11736 (Warwick #73) gives Henry Elishu, b. 28 Oct 1882. 

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

His parents, Joseph Henry & Jane (LANKFORD) DUKE, are buried in Beaver Dam 
   Baptist Church Cemetery, near Carrsville. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-33), 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 

Henry & his wife Dora were first cousins.  Their grandfather Henry Harrison 
   DUKE (1827 - 1908) is marked there (BD-32).  He was a Confederate veteran, 
   having served in Co. F, 61st VA Infantry.  He was wounded 27 Oct 1864 at 
   Burgess' Mill, Dinwiddie Co., and paroled 27 Apr 1865 in Isle of Wight Co. 


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File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
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