Rosa Jane Duncan (1898 - 1978)

Born Sep 1898 in Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Died 18 Mar 1978 at age 79 in Briceville, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Rosa was born in 1898. She was the daughter of Elijah Duncan and Mary Brown.^[1][2][3]

She passed away in 1978. She was buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Laurel Grove, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA.^[4]

Obituary

"Gardener And Quilt Maker Dies"

Miss Rosa Jane Duncan, 79, of Duncan Rd. Briceville Rt 1, died at 5:05 a.m. Sunday at Oak Ridge Hospital of pneumonia and a stroke. She was a member of Laurel Grove Baptist Church for 64 years and enjoyed making quilts and flower gardening. Miss Duncan was a native of Duncan Flats and the daughter of the late Eligah Frost and Mary Magdeline Duncan. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Lonnie Patterson of Oliver Springs, and two brothers, Sammie D. Duncan and Byrd W. Duncan Sr. of Briceville Rt. 1. Funeral services were held Monday at Laurel Grove Baptist with the Rev. Edwin Phillips and the Rev. James Harness officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZP-H3R : accessed 7 November 2015), Rosa Jane Duncan in household of Elijah F Duncan, Civil District 12, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,557.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGX2-XLD : accessed 8 November 2015), Rosa J Duncan in household of Eliza F Duncan, Civil District 12, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 10B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,503.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP7B-1HT : accessed 13 November 2019), Rosa Duncan in household of Samuel D Duncan, District 12, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 10A, line 42, family 179, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2233; FHL microfilm 2,341,967.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 November 2019), memorial page for Rosa Jane Duncan Duncan (2 Sep 1898–18 Mar 1978), Find A Grave: Memorial #42714159, citing Laurel Grove Cemetery, Laurel Grove, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Russ Adkisson (contributor 48234444).