Obituary Record
Duke, Elda S. - July 28, 1996
Elda S. Duke, 91, of Waveland died Sunday, July 28, 1996, in Waveland.
Mrs. Duke was a native of St. Louis, Mo., and a homemaker. She was a member of First Presbyterian church in Bay St. Louis. She was an officer and member of the Bay-Waveland Garden Club, Past President and Treasurer of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Garden Club, member of the Bay St. Louis VFW, President of the World War I Auxiliary for seven years, Treasurer of the Hancock General Hospital Auxiliary, Treasurer of the historical Society of Hancock County, member and original organizer of the hancock county fair Association, Memberof the Gulf coast rose Society, Hancock County Living Association of Retired Persons, and voted Outstanding Person in Hancock county in 1972. She appeared in the Personalities of the South in 1973 and was featured in the International Biographies in 1975.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Orell Duke.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, William M. and Joanne Duke of Baton Rouge, La., and daughter, June Owings of Memphis, Tenn.; 12 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and eight great-great grandchildren.
Visitation was held Monday, July 29, 1996, at Reiman Funeral Home Chapel in Bay St. Louis with interment in the Garden of memories in Bay St. Louis.
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