Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Duff, John R., 1975 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOHN R. DUFF SERVICES HELD HERE FOR JOHN R. DUFF, 53 John R. (Duffy) Duff, a route man for The Miami News and The Miami Herald, died Sunday. He was 53, and had been a resident of Miami for 25 years. Mr. Duff, a veteran of World War II, lived at 1255 NW 49th Pl., Hialeah. He is survived by an uncle, Jim Rives, of Norfolk, Va.; and an aunt, Mrs. E.S. Kitchen, of Wakefield, Va. Services were today at Lanier-Josberger-Lithgow Funeral Home, with interment in Wakefield, Va. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the American Cancer Society. John Rives "Duffy" DUFF, of Miami, newspaper deliveryman, Army veteran of WW-II, b. 4 Dec 1921, d. 18 May 1975, Dade Co., FL, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, "The Miami (FL) News," May 21, 1975, p. 6 *His parents, John & Nannie Va. (DREWRY) DUFF, maternal grandmother Frances R. (DEVANEY) DREWRY, & aunt [Frances] Elizabeth (DREWRY) KITCHEN, are buried in the same plot. Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Frances' obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Jan. 23, 1938, p. 20), which fails to mention Duffy, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/d660f4ob.txt His uncle "Jim" James Allen RIVES, Jr., is buried with his parents in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk. Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives, Elmwood list: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/elmwood/elm-rhodes-r-roberts-c.html Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/d100j2ob.txt