Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Martha Jean Dukes
Martha Jean Dukes, 69, of Raleigh, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, at Magee General Hospital in Magee.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Raleigh with burial following in the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Mize.
A retired machine operator, Dukes was a member of First Baptist Church of Raleigh.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Spergeon William Baldwin and Myrtle Rhoda Russell Baldwin; brothers, James Harold Baldwin and Charles P. Baldwin; a sister, Lydia K. Jackson; a grandchild and a great-grandchild.
Survivors include her sons, Pete Burton of Ball, La., Earnest Burton of Mize, Eric Burton of Mize, and Hubert Gibson of Valley Park; daughters, Shenee Lacy Franklin of Raleigh and Syretha Hadley of Mize; brothers, John Russell Baldwin of Raleigh, Claude Lamar Baldwin Sr. of Raleigh; and sister, Mary Doris Reihle of Brandon; an aunt, 15 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Raleigh, which is in charge of arrangements.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007