Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duke, E. Wortley Eley, 1906 

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E. WORTLEY ELEY DUKE

   Suffolk, Virginia, October 11 - Without ever having regained consciousness 
after being stricken with paralysis.  She died shortly before 9:00 a.m. in the 
62nd year of her age.  She suffered which affected both sides while visiting 
the family of Dr. A.W. Eley on Main Street.  She was taken to the home of Mr. 
and Mrs. Wyatt on Bank Street near Pinner, where she continued to sink slowly. 
The funeral will take place at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 13, 1906 from the 
Christian Church and the interment will occur in Cedar Hill Cemetery.  She was 
the widow of the late D.W. Duke, who, twenty years ago, died even more 
suddenly than she did.  He, on June 5, 1886, was sitting in a chair at Ballard 
and Smith’s store when he suddenly pitched forward to the floor.  When they 
picked him up, he was dead.  She was sitting at Dr. Eley’s when her spectacles 
fell off.  Appearing to reach for them she collapsed and never regained her 
sense.  She is survived by 3 sisters, Mrs. Virginia Portlock, Mrs. Eudora 
Kilby and Miss Nimonia Eley and 4 brothers, all named William, are as 
followed: William Walter, William Frank, William Andrew and William Eley.  The 
following persons acting as bearers: Active - W.H. Jones, Jr., John C. 
Holladay, Dr. H.W. Campbell, ....


E. Wortley (ELEY; Mrs. David W.) DUKE, 
d. 11 Oct 1906, Suffolk, age 62, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 27*), Suffolk, 13 Oct 1906, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Oct. 12, 1906 

*Her parents, William & Lydia Eley (DAY) ELEY, are buried in Block C, Lot 74. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 

Her husband was a Confederate veteran, and had been previously married twice. 
   A summary of his service is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/military/civilwar/cw_vets.txt 


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