To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 1/18/16 • Approved: 7/17/23 • Last Updated: 7/20/23 • R1117743-G1117743-S3
Rube
January 6, 1881 - February 25, 1965
Gurtha
August 10, 1901 - October 31, 1995
Rubin Rance Duck, 84, a stockman of Strong, died in an El Dorado hospital at 7 a.m. Thursday after a long illness. Mr. Duck was born in Dadeville, Ala., Jan. 6, 1881, the son of M. A. and Dora Harris Duck. He had lived in Strong for the last 50 years and was a member of the Methodist Church of Strong. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Gurtha Vestal Duck; and two sisters, Mrs. J. Y. Maroney of Strong and Mrs. Viola Lawrence of San Diego, Calif. He leaves also several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Strong with Rev. A. L. Chaffin officiating assisted by Rev. S. M. Williamson. Interment will follow in the Strong Cemetery under the direction of Rumph Mortuary. Pallbearers will be H. J. Maroney, J. A. Maroney, E. K. Maroney, Joe Maroney, Burk Duck and Robert A. Duck. The will be taken to the church at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. (The El Dorado Times - February 27, 1965)
Contributed on 1/18/16 by debbraszymanski
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1117743