Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duke, Mary E. Speight, 1938 

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MRS. MARY ELIZABETH DUKE 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Duke were held Wednesday afternoon 
at 2:30 o'clock at the Holland Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Carl R. 
Key and the Rev. W.H. Corbitt. 

  Members of the church choir accompanied, by Mrs. E.J. Howell, sang the hymn 
"What A Friend We Have In Jesus."  A duet, "Old Rugged Cross," was sung by 
Mrs. S.L. Wright and W.W. Darden; a solo, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," was 
sung by W.W. Darden; a quartette composed of Mrs. Davidson, G.D. Underwood, 
W.W. Darden, and Mrs. S.L. Wright sang "It Is Well With My Soul." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of Ascension lilies and pink roses. 
There were many other handsome floral designs. 

  Active Pallbearers: Clem Harrell, John Norfleet, E.F. Raiford, Robert Howard 
Byrd, Elmo Norfleet, Clyde Jones, V.E. Hedgebeth.  Friends of the family were 
honorary pallbearers. 

  Burial was made in the Holland cemetery. 


Mary Elizabeth (SPEIGHT; Mrs. Robert Wilson) DUKE, 
b. 27 Sep 1867*, Gates Co., NC, d. 3 Jan 1938, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Holland Cemetery*, 5 Jan 1938, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 15, No. 245, Thurs., Jan. 6, 1938, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

Her gravestone shows b. 27 Sep 1866; a photo of it - added by Budjr - 
   is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #180893378. 

D.Cert. 1963 (Holy Neck #1) 

Her mother, Rebecca (HOFLER; Mrs. William Wesley) SPEIGHT (1839 - 1923), 
   is buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 
   Cypress Chapel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, rising from private to sergeant in 
   Co. C, 52nd NC Infantry.  He was captured 6 Apr 1865 at Farmville & 
   held as a POW at Point Lookout, MD. 


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