Individual Details

Eufaula Indian Journal, Eufaula, Oklahoma, Thursday, April 27, 1967, Front Page, Col. 3: Mrs. C. C. Duke, 67 Rites Here Wednesday. Funeral services for Mrs. C. C. (Veva Mae) Duke, 67, were held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. in the Church of God here with Reverend Don Anderson, pastor, officiating. Mrs. Duke died in a Muskogee hospital Monday. Born September 21, 1899, Mrs. Duke had lived most of her life in Eufaula. Survivors include her husband, C. C. Duke of the home; five sons, Charles of Eufaula, Vernon on Delano, California, Dale of Eufaula, and Bertice and Dean both of Oklahoma City; two daughters Mrs. Pauline Wilson of Muskogee, and Mrs. Mildred Palmer of Littlefield, Texas; 21 grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Homer Cowan of Eufaula and Herman (Dutch) Cowan of Wichita, Kansas; and three sisters, Mrs. Julia Armstrong of Arvin, California, Mrs. Jesse Norman of Stockton, California, and Mrs. Maude Tilley of Colorado City, Texas. Bearers were Walter Flood, J. C. Flood, Buel Brown, Floyd Johnson, Ted Chapman, and Gene Paul Hallum. Burial was in the Mellette Cemetery under the direction of Kelley Funeral Home.

Birth	21 Sep 1899	Johnson Co., Arkansas
Marriage	25 Dec 1913	Johnson Co., Arkansas - Clarence C. Duke
Death	24 Apr 1967	McIntosh Co., Oklahoma
Burial		Mellette Cemetery, Hanna Co., McIntosh Co., Oklahoma

Spouse

Clarence C. Duke (1895 - 1981)

Father	Julius Marshall Cowan (1878 - 1929)
Mother	Melissa Elizabeth Shipman (1878 - 1948)
Sibling	Emma Cowan (1895 - 1895)
Sibling	Dona C. Cowan (1897 - 1898)
Sibling	Julious Alva Cowan (1901 - 1965)
Sibling	Julia Luvenia Cowan (1904 - 1983)
Sibling	Jessie Lee Cowan (1907 - 1999)
Sibling	Homer Virgil Cowan (1909 - 1983)
Sibling	Herman Clarence "Dutch" Cowan (1911 - 1995)
Sibling	Maudie Cowan (1913 - 2002)
Sibling	Raymon Clyde Cowan (1915 - 1916)
Sibling	Custer "Ward" Cowan (1917 - 1948)
Sibling	Olen Dee Cowan (1920 - 1945)