Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duck, Putnam O., 1948 

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PUTNAM OWEN DUCK

   Putnam Owen Duck, 74, a prominent merchant and farmer of Nansemond County, 
died at 8:45 Tuesday night, April 6, at his home near South Quay after an 
illness of some months.

   A life-long resident of Nansemond County and a merchant in the South Quay 
neighborhood for more than half a century, Mr. Duck was the son of the late 
J.T. and Victoria Jones Duck.  He was the husband of Mrs. Maggie Holland Duck, 
who survives him.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, P.O. Duck, Jr., of Sedley; 
four daughters, Mrs. N.W. Wills of Sedley, Mrs. Hugh Gwaltney of Windsor, and 
Misses Nannie V. Duck and Margaret E. Duck of Franklin; four grandchildren, 
Wesley Wills and Judith and Patricia Duck of Sedley and Mac Gwaltney of 
Windsor; two brothers, G.F. Duck and J.T. Duck, Jr., both of Franklin; and a 
number of nieces and nephews.

   Funeral services for Mr. Duck were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock 
from the residence, with Rev. W.B. Watson, pastor of the South Quay Baptist 
Church, of which the deceased was a member, and Rev. R. D. Stephenson 
officiating.  Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the active pallbearers 
being N.T. Duck, G.H. Duck, Clarence Duck, J.D. Duck, Jimmie Duck and Glaspa 
Duck.


Putnam Owen DUCK (Sr.), merchant and farmer, 
lifelong resident of Nansemond Co., 
d. 6 Apr 1948, at home, near South Quay, age 74, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 229*), Franklin, 
   8 Apr 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 16, 1948, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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