Duck Family Cemetery

[known by this name but listed in cemetery book as "David M. Duck Cemetery".]

Photographed by Margaret Bercegeay
Information transcribed from photos by Mary Pallon.
Proof read by Margaret Bercegeay.

Used with Permission of Mary Pallon


Directions- cemetery is about 6 1/2 miles southwest of Liberty, 1 mile north of Street, off of Duck lane on private property --- permission required.
Located very close to the home.


Duck, James
Feb 19, 1803 / Jan 23, 1873
*This is a memorial marker only, placed by family October 31, 2001.
He was h/o Mary Peoples Duck, married October 4, 1825 in Amite.
Shares marker with his wife.

Duck, Mary Peoples
June 2, 1801 / Sept 26, 1877
*Shares this memorial marker with husband James Duck.

Duck, James Madison
Sept 28, 1842 / Aug 6, 1876
PVT CO E 22nd MISS INF CSA
*This is a memorial marker only, s/o James Duck & Mary Peoples Duck,
h/o Martha Jane Carroll Duck, m. May 13, 1869 in Amite.


Duck, Elisha Morgan
Sept 16,1827/July 24,1863
PVT CO E 22nd MISS INF CSA
*This is a memorial marker only s/o James Duck & Mary Peoples Duck


Duck, David M.
CO. E 22nd MISS INF C.S.A.
*See his other marker listed next for his additional information.

Duck, David Madison
Dec 20, 1837 / June 25, 1901
*S/o James Duck & Mary Peoples Duck, h/o Ellen Keen, m. September
18, 1856 in Amite.


Duck, Ellen Keen
Jan 16, 1837 / Sept 5 1916
*W/o David Madison Duck, d/o of Thomas Keen. Later document found
after marker was placed shows she died Oct.24,1918.


Keen, Thomas
Father of Ellen Keen
*This marker placed recently as there was only a small black cross.
He was born abt. 1792 & died between 1860-1870.


Duck, F.H.
Aug 6, 1868 / Sept 16, 1903
*S/o David Madison Duck & Ellen Keen Duck. Full given name was
Franklin Hugh "Tug" Duck.

Duck, Earnest Elwood
May 27, 1878 / May 8, 1968
*S/o David Madison Duck & Ellen Keen Duck, h/o Isadora "Izzie" Morgan,
m. December 22, 1899 in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

Duck, Isadora Morgan
May 6, 1886 / Aug 17, 1960
*W/o Earnest Elwood Duck, d/o Robert Hines Morgan & Alice Elfidia
Neyland.


Duck, Alice G.
Oct 5, 1906 / Feb 18, 1908
D/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie" Morgan Duck.
Full given name was Alice Gertrude "Girty" Duck.
Marker has Alice Geory

Duck, Henry
July 5, 1903 / Jan 17, 1945
*S/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie Morgan Duck,
h/o Etta Faye Oakes, m. March 26, 1922 in Amite. Date conflict.
Death certificate shows b.July 5,1902 d.Jan.20,1945.

Duck, Simpson Beard
May 6, 1909 / Dec 30, 1943
*This marker placed recently from family though confirmed buried here
by his brother Thomas Elwood Duck Sr., s/o Earnest Elwood Duck &
Isadora "Izzie" Morgan Duck.

Duck, George
Sept 30, 1903 / Dec 9, 1978
*S/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie" Morgan Duck,
h/o Louise Marie Gregoire, m. June 05, 1945 in Amite.

Louise Duck
w/o George Duck
b. 4-19-1926 d. 5-10-2005

Bercegeay, Manuel J.
b.8-22-1941 --- d.5-9-2006
Stone also includes wedding date 10-20-1962

Duck, Thomas Elwood, Sr.
Oct 2, 1913 / May 3, 2001
US ARMY World War II
*S/o Earnest Elwood Duck & Isadora "Izzie" Morgan Duck, h/o Aline
Virginia Causey, m. July 2, 1945 in Amite.

Duck, Reba Ione
b. May 24, 1949 d. May 25,, 1949.

Bercegeay Arceneaux, Cindy
Sept 20, 1968 / Oct 2, 1999
*D/o Manuel Bercegeay & Margaret Ellen Duck,
w/o Lawrence Arceneaux, Jr., m. Feb 24, 1990 in Houma,Terrebonne
Parish, Louisiana.

Sanders, Children of O.L. & Julia
Infant Daughter Born & Died Sept. 25, 1899
Emmit M. Born Aug 31, 1900 & Died Aug. 27, 1902
*Parents full names are Obie Lindolph Sanders & Julia Ann Duck
(d/o David Madison Duck & Ellen Keen Duck).
Both parents are buried in Bethel Baptist Cemetery.