Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duke, Roy C., 1962 

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ROY CARR DUKE

   FRANKLIN - Roy Carr Duke, 42, died suddenly from a heart attack Thursday 
afternoon.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Minnie Johnson Duke and a son of Joseph Lee 
and the late Mrs. Bedie Carr Duke of Carrsville.

   Mr. Duke a lifelong resident of the community and was employed as a 
salesman for the Home Beneficial Insurance Co.  He was a member of the 
Franklin Congregational Christian Church.

   In addition to his wife and father, he is survived by two sons, Roy Carr 
Duke, Jr., and Raye Johnson Duke, of Franklin; two brothers, Roger L. Duke 
of Holland and Joseph Matthew Duke of Franklin, and two sisters, Mrs. James 
Cones of Holland and Mrs. Henry M. Johnson of Franklin.

   Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. 
Holland and Sons Funeral Home by Rev. Raymond Grissom, pastor of Holy Neck 
Christian Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Roy Carr DUKE, insurance salesman, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 12 Apr 1962, Franklin, age 42, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 68B*), Franklin, 
   12 Apr 1962, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 16, 1962, p. 3 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

His parents & grandparents are buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   between Franklin & Carrsville. 
   Beaver Dam list (BC-33 & -19) - an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 26, 1959, I-8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d200b2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
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