Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duke, Martha D. Howell, 1959 

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Martha D. Howell Duke 

Mrs. Martha D. Duke 

  SUFFOLK - Mrs. Martha Debrah Duke, widow of James Phillip Duke, died Friday 
at 7:45 p.m. at her home in North Gate after an illness of several months. 

  She was a daughter of R.B. and Mrs. Virginia Bradshaw Howell of 
Southampton County.  She was a member of Liberty Spring Christian Church. 

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Mrs. Martha D. Duke 

  SUFFOLK - Funeral services will be conducted at Liberty Spring Christian 
Church today at 4 p. m. today for Mrs. Martha Debrah Duke, widow of James 
Phillip Duke, who died Friday night at her home at her home after an illness 
of several months.  The funeral procession will leave the I.O. Hill Funeral 
Home here at 3:30 p.m.  Burial will be in the church cemetery. 

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Rites Today For Mrs. Martha Duke 

  Funeral serives for Mrs. Martha Deborah Duke will be conducted today at 4 
p.m. at Liberty Spring Christian Church by the Rev. Raymond H. Phelts, pastor, 
and Dr. Jesse H. Dollar, former pastor.  Burial will be in the church 
cemetery. 

  The funeral procession will leave the Hill Funeral Home for the church at 
3:30 p.m. 

  Mrs. Duke, widow of James Phillip [sic; Philip] Duke, died Friday at 7:45 
p.m. at her home in Northgate, after an illness of several months. 

  She was a daughter of R.B. and Mrs. Virginia Bradshaw Howell of Southampton 
County.  She was a member of Liberty spring Christian Church. 

  Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. R.E. Parker of the North Carolina 
Highway; Mrs. Nellie Horton and Miss Helen B. Duke, both of Northgate; Mrs. 
Willie R. Rountree and Mrs. Graxton A. Pearce, both of Whaleyville; two 
sisters, Mrs. Mae Nelms and Mrs. W.C. Aumann, both of Norfolk; one brother, 
Joel C. Howell of Washington; seven grandchildren, four great-great-
grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. 


Martha Deborah (HOWELL; Mrs. James Philip) DUKE, 
b. 20 Dec 1889, Como, Hertford Co., NC, d. 29 May 1959, Suffolk, 
interred in Liberty Spring Christian Church Cemetery*, Suffolk, 31 May 1959, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sat., May 30, 1959; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sun., May 31, 1959; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 128, Sun., May 31, 1959, p. 11 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of her gravestone - added by Keith Howell & Budjr - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #159240391. 

D.Cert. 13119 (Suffolk #148) 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Jan. 17, 1938, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d200j5ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block G, Lot 134. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 

Her father's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," July 21, 1923) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h400r6ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Oct. 2, 1943) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h400j3ob.txt 


Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Keith Howell (m0aje@yahoo.com), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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