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Rev Francis Simpson “Sim” Duke

3 Jul 1918 – 10 Aug 2014

Birth	3 Jul 1918
Death	10 Aug 2014
Cemetery	Creagleville Cemetery Fruitvale , Van Zandt County , Texas , USA
Added by	Martha Duke on 23 Nov 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31237365

Bio

Services for Rev. F.S. "Sim" Duke, 96, of Midlothian, Texas, are scheduled for 10:00 am Thursday August 14, 2014 at Eubank Funeral Chapel with Bro. Larry Pool officiating, under the direction of Eubank Funeral Home, Canton. Burial will be in Creagleville, Grand Saline, Texas. He passed away August 10, 2014 in Lancaster, TX. Bro. Duke was born July 3, 1918 in Grand Saline, TX, to William Ernest and Lilly Rosella Pearson Duke. Bro. Sim was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Midlothian. He pastored several Baptist churches in East Texas. Sim enjoyed preaching, vegetable gardening, Skipbo, figuring out how to create things he needed instead of buying them, cooking and canning. Bro. Sim was preceded in death by his Wife, Boyce Duke, Parents, Daughter, Anita Duke, Sister, Louella Kamman, Brother, Winfield Duke, and Grandson, Sean Duke.

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Family

Parents

• Rev William Earnest Duke 1880–1976
• Lillie Rosella Pearson Duke 1889–1953

Spouse

• Boyce Edell Smithart Duke 1920–2005 FaG

Siblings

• Lou Ella Duke Kamman 1907–1989
• James William Winfield Duke 1916–1994

Children

• Linda Duke Partridge 1941–2021 FaG
• Anita Kathleen Duke 1948–1981 FaG

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