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Ida Nell Duke Kee

1938 - 2024

Ida Nell Duke Kee obituary, 1938-2024, Somerville, TN

BORN

1938

DIED

2024

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Peebles Main Funeral Chapel - Somerville

18020 U.S. Highway 64

Somerville, Tennessee

Ida Kee Obituary

Ida Nell Duke Kee, age 86, resident of Somerville, Tennessee, departed this life Tuesday afternoon, November 12, 2024 at the National HealthCare Center in Somerville.

Nell was born July 6, 1938 in Moscow, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Roy Lee Duke and Verna Mae Hoskins Duke. She graduated from Fayette County High School in 1956 and was a lifelong resident of Fayette County. She started working at the Wurlitzer Piano Factory in Holly Springs, Mississippi and then worked at Wal-Mart in the deli, then became a door greeter and cashier before her retirement. Nell was a member of the Evangelical Full Gospel Church in Moscow and loved spending time with her family, reading, working word find puzzles, playing bingo, canning food, going on cruises and getting extra fancy with her red fingernails.

Ms. Kee is survived by her two sons, Richard Clayton Kee (Lisa) and William Mark Kee (Wanda); her sister, Linda Joan Dobbins (Jimmy); three brothers, Odie O'Neal "Neal" Duke (Darlene), Jerry Wayne Duke (Lori) and Terry Ray Duke (Betty); two granddaughters, Rebekah Nicole Kee Mercer (John) and Ashleigh Dawn Kee; and two great-grandchildren, Isabella Rayne Mercer and Mason Alexzander Rhea.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Barbara Ann Fredericks; her brother, Roy Laverne Duke; and her grandson, Thomas Clayton Kee.

A visitation for Ms. Kee will be from 12 noon until 2 P.M. Monday, November 18, 2024 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland. Funeral Services will be at 2 P.M. Monday, November 18, 2024 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Bro. Sam Wolfe officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery at Williston.

The family requests that memorials be directed to Evergreen Cemetery Association, c/o Cheryl Rike, 6075 Railroad Street, Williston, TN 38076.

Condolences may be left on our online guestbook at www.PeeblesFuneralHome.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Daily Memphian from Nov. 13 to Nov. 14, 2024.

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Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland

10670 US Highway 64, Somerville, TN 38068

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