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Oscar Welborn Duke

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Oscar Welborn Duke Veteran

Birth
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Death
23 Jul 2017 (aged 89)
Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Rest
Memorial ID
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LAUDERDALE COUNTY — Oscar Welborn Duke, 89, a lifelong resident of Lauderdale County, passed away July 23, 2017, at ECM Hospital. He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and was employed with Spry Funeral Home in Sheffield during high school. He joined the U.S. Army in 1944 and trained and worked as a surgical technician until his discharge. Mr. Duke was a 1952 graduate of Auburn University, owned and operated Excell Farm Supply in Cloverdale for 33 years, was a farmer and rancher in Cloverdale and Waterloo, and a cattle trader.

A graveside service will be held Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at 10 a.m. in Greenview Memorial Park.

Mr. Duke was preceded in death by his wife, Milka Seppenan Duke; father, Oscar Wyatt Duke; mother, Macie Beatrice Welborn Duke; and a brother, Jerry Lee Duke.

He is survived by his son, Wayne Duke; daughter-in-law, Frances Duke; grandson, Michael Duke (Laura); great-granddaughter, Shyann Millian Duke; great-grandson, Logan Michael Duke; brother, Warren Duke; sisters-in-law, Mildred Duke and Elizabeth Duke; and nieces and nephews.
LAUDERDALE COUNTY — Oscar Welborn Duke, 89, a lifelong resident of Lauderdale County, passed away July 23, 2017, at ECM Hospital. He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and was employed with Spry Funeral Home in Sheffield during high school. He joined the U.S. Army in 1944 and trained and worked as a surgical technician until his discharge. Mr. Duke was a 1952 graduate of Auburn University, owned and operated Excell Farm Supply in Cloverdale for 33 years, was a farmer and rancher in Cloverdale and Waterloo, and a cattle trader.

A graveside service will be held Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at 10 a.m. in Greenview Memorial Park.

Mr. Duke was preceded in death by his wife, Milka Seppenan Duke; father, Oscar Wyatt Duke; mother, Macie Beatrice Welborn Duke; and a brother, Jerry Lee Duke.

He is survived by his son, Wayne Duke; daughter-in-law, Frances Duke; grandson, Michael Duke (Laura); great-granddaughter, Shyann Millian Duke; great-grandson, Logan Michael Duke; brother, Warren Duke; sisters-in-law, Mildred Duke and Elizabeth Duke; and nieces and nephews.


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