Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Duke, J. Walter, 1933 

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JAMES WALTER DUKE 

James W. Duke Killed By Car Near Whaleyville 

Lee Byrum, Gates County, Held on Manslaughter and Reckless Driving Charges; 
   Was Walking Near Home. 

  James Walter Duke, 74, was instantly killed at 7:45 last night when struck 
by an automobile while walking on the Whaleyville highway. 

  In attemptng to pass another car going toward Suffolk, the machine driven by 
Lee Byrum, aged 21, of near Sunbury, evidently struck Mr. Duke.  The car ran 
into the ditch and over-turned.  Byrum was injured and was taken to 
Whaleyville in a passing automobile for medical care. 

  Shortly afterwards, the neighborhood became aware that Mr. Duke was missing. 
A search at the scene of the accident revealed the body of the prominent 
Nansemond County farmer in the ditch by the side of the road dead, his skull 
fractured. 

  Sheriff Rawls investigated the accident, and went to Whaleyville, where he 
placed Byrum under arrest on charges of manslaughter and reckless driving. 

  Mr. Duke, who lived about a quarter of a mile from the home of his daughter, 
was shown by evidence to have been walking on the left side of the road, 
facing the oncoming traffic, which is the lawful side for pedestrians. 

  He was born on the place where he resided, near Liberty Spring, and had made 
his home there all his life.  Besides his daughter, he is survived by his 
wife, Mrs. Rosa Duke, and four grandchildren, Mrs. Wesley Byrd, James and 
Clyde Powell and Miss Susie Powell, all of Nansemond County.  He was the son 
of Nelson Duke and had been a member of Liberty Spring Christian Church for 
more than half a century. 

  Funeral services will be held at Liberty Spring Christian church tomorrow 
afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The Rev. I.W. Johnson, pastor of the church, will 
officiate. 


James Walter DUKE, farmer, 
b. 1 Jul 1859, Nansemond Co., 
killed by reckless driver 26 Feb 1933, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, 28 Feb 1933, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 10, No. 291, Mon., Feb. 27, 1933, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

His parents, Nelson & Mary Elizabeth (BROTHERS) DUKE, and both his wives 
   are also buried there.  Liberty Spring list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/liberty.txt 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 4485 (Whaleyville #4) 

The obits of his first wife Sarah Elizabeth (WALLS) DUKE 
   ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Oct. 1, 1912, p. 7, & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d200s1ob.txt 

He 2m. Rosa Frances TURNER (1891 - 1983) 30 Dec 1914. 

His father (ca. 1818 - 1899) has a Confederate marker, but we have no details 
   of his service. 


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