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Submitted: 1/26/12 • Approved: 8/28/19 • Last Updated: 2/24/20 • R641161-G0-S3
January 28, 1838 - May 4, 1909
*Obituary - Arkansas Gazette - May 6, 1909
Prescott - May 5 - James W. Duke, a merchant of Laneburg, Ark., died last evening at 7 o'clock at his home in that place, after an illness of a week with appendicitis. Mr. Duke was 72 years of age at the time of his death and had been a citizen of this section for 40 years, coming here before Nevada county was created. He leaves 12 children, T. H. Duke, Jno. W. Duke, James M. Duke, of Prescott; P. E> Duke of Little Rock, Mrs. M. J. Shaw of Admiral, Tex., George Duke and Mrs. J. W. Ingram of Laneburg, Mrs. Doyle Westmoreland and Mrs. Halley Centerville and Mrs. D. Q. Bolls of Albany township. The funeral will be held this afternoon at Mt. Moriah. Rev. J. W. Erwin conducting the services.
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