Reba Leora Duckett^[1]

1915 - 1999  (83 years)

• Name	Reba Leora Duckett
  Born	25 Sep 1915	Haywood County, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Aug 1999	Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center, Buncombe County, North Carolina   [2]
  Buried	Emmas Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I254850	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Jahu Weaver Duckett,   b. 7 Jun 1892, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 29 Sep 1954, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Etta Sue Davis,   b. 22 Jan 1897,   d. 11 Aug 1978, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 81 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1914	Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F98343	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Howard William Franklin
  Family ID	F98347	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Sep 1915 - Haywood County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S84] E-Mail, Carroll Biddix [cmbiddix1@msn.com], 1 Jun 2009. [S142] Newspaper Article, Asheville Citizen Times (NC), 14 Aug 1999. FAIRVIEW - Reba Duckett Franklin, 83, of 295 Webb Creek Road, Fairview, died Friday, Aug. 13, 1999, at a Fleshers Fairview Health Care Center. Mrs. Franklin was born in Haywood County and was a daughter of the late Jahu W. and Etta Davis Duckett. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Davis Duckett. She was a former employee of Sayles Biltmore Bleacheries and was a member of Emmas Grove Baptist Church and the Ruth Bible Class. She and her husband were foster parents to 40 children. She is survived by her husband, Howard William Franklin two sisters, Millie West of Missouri and Thelma Huggins of Leicester and three brothers, Fred, Donald and G.F. Duckett, all of Leicester. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Patton Avenue Chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Scott Thompson officiating. Burial will be at Emmas Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the services at the funeral home on Patton Avenue.