June 7, 1991

RETHA DUKE

BLOOMFIELD -- Retha Duke, 81, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, June 5, 1991, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Feb. 3, 1910, at Avert, daughter of Ed and Ora Jane Price Robey. She married Trenton Leon Duke Sept. 4, 1947, who died April 17, 1983...

BLOOMFIELD -- Retha Duke, 81, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, June 5, 1991, at Dexter Memorial Hospital.

She was born Feb. 3, 1910, at Avert, daughter of Ed and Ora Jane Price Robey. She married Trenton Leon Duke Sept. 4, 1947, who died April 17, 1983.

Survivors include three brothers, Tom Robey of Avert, Bill and Jim Robey of St. Louis; two sisters, Margie Adragna of Dearborn, Mich., and Lee Smith of Newbern, Tenn.

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She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Kenneth Gaines will officiate, with burial in Walker Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p.m. today.

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