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William Paul Dukes - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Cox Funeral Home, Delhi December 2014

Funeral services for Mr. William Paul Dukes 79 of Tallulah, LA will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, 
December 8, 2014 at Melbourne Baptist Church at Alsatia, LA with Rev. Butch Goodman officiating.
Visitation will be on Monday, Dec. 8th from 1:00 PM until time of services.

Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery of Lake Providence under the direction of Cox Funeral Home 
of Delhi.

Mr. Dukes was an Agribusiness-man. He was a native of Forest, LA.

William is preceded in death by a son Rodney Paul Dukes; his parents Claude Benton Dukes and Letha Frith Dukes 
and two brothers Sonny and Larry Dukes.

He is survived by his loving wife, Gara Fisher Dukes of Tallulah, LA; three sons Randy Dukes & wife 
Dana and Ronnie Dukes and wife Charlotte Beth all of Tallulah, LA and Ricky Dukes and wife Mary of 
Leesburg, VA; eight grandchildren Marti Dill and husband Kyle of Shreveport, LA, Ben Dukes, Jonathon Dukes 
and wife Kelsey, Emory Dukes and Preston Walker all of Tallulah, LA and Audrey Dukes, Will Dukes and 
Sydney Dukes all of Leesburg, VA; six great grandchildren Thomas Dill, Andrew Paul Dill, George Dill, 
Mary Frances Dill, Weston Dukes and Mazie Dukes; a brother Joe Dukes of Alsatia, LA and numerous nieces 
and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Ricky Parker, George Matthews, Dale Vinson, Mike Stapleton, Jim Butler and Carl Moody.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Patton Brown, W. P. Tomlinson, Raymond Bell, Truman Collins, George Yerger, 
J. O. Thornton, Wayne King and all his close friends and co-workers.