Mr. Joseph Harold Duke, age 85, of 92 Ruzelle Dr., S.E. Hapeville passed away Sunday, August 13, 2006. Mr. Duke was born in Coweta County on September 6, 1921. He was the son of the late Joseph Earl Duke and the late Fannie Chappell Duke. Mr. Duke was a veteran of the United States Navy serving during World War II and was a retired railroad freight agent/telegraph operator.
Survivors include his wife, Hazel Holcombe Duke of Hapeville; two sisters, Louise Sparkle of Jackson, MS and Ann Jones of Carrollton; and a number of other relatives.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. from Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel with Rev. Robert Partridge officiating. Music will be rendered by Harold McWhorter. Interment will follow in the Buchanan City Cemetery with the following gentlemen serving as pallbearers: Mike Duke, Charles Williams, Jimmy Griffin, Eely Jackson, Mickey Harris and Keith Perry.
Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel of Buchanan is in charge of the arrangements.