Mildred Rhea Duke, 86, of Piggott, died Saturday, July 19, 2008, in the St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro. She was born Feb. 22, 1922, in Franklin, Ark., the daughter of the late Victor Green Redman and Mae Rose Royles.

She was united in marriage to Roy Thompson on May 13, 1939, at Piggott, and the couple had two children, Roy Thompson Jr. and Julia Jean Thompson Parks.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Roy Thompson, and second husband, Onas Duke; her son, Roy Thompson Jr.; brothers, J.D., Trumann, Billy, Stanley, Franklin and Randel Redman and a sister, Wanda Kilgore.

She is survived by a daughter, Julia Jean Parks and husband Jerry of Jonesboro; a grandson, Shawn Parks of St. Augustine, Fla.; granddaughter, Lisa Parks of Jonesboro; sisters, Kathy Brown of St. Louis and Christine Langston of Bakersfield, Calif., and other relatives and friends.

Graveside services were conducted Monday, July 21, at the Piggott Cemetery with Hoggard and Sons Funeral Home of Piggott in charge of the arrangements.