Obituary of Connie Duke

Services for Connie Sue Duke, 53, Troup, are scheduled for 11:00 am, Wednesday, September 28 at Cottle Funeral Home chapel, Troup with the with the Reverend Joe Ballard officiating. Burial will be in the Jarratt Cemetery, near Jacksonville. Mrs. Duke died Sunday, September 25, 2011, in a Tyler hospice facility. She was born August 18, 1958, in Jacksonville to the late Byron and Audrey Mae Kee Jarratt.  She was a dental assistant for the Texas prison system and attended the First Baptist Church, Mixon. Survivors include two daughters, Melanie Duke, Good Springs and Tammy Jo Duke, Dallas; a brother, Byron Jarratt, Austin; a sister and brother-in-law, Cathy and Floyd Ashcraft, Troup; four grandchildren, Karie Oates, Alyssa Duke, Jaiden LaFriniere, and Audrey Gates; an uncle, Vernon Kee, Arp; an aunt, Minnie Lee Clem, Troup; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Pallbearers will be Richard Fitch, Doug Edwards, Jose Merino, Wayne Clem, Rick Willard and Doc Simms. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm, Tuesday, September 27.