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Kristopher "Kris" James Dukes

April 12, 1987 ~ November 21, 2016 (age 29) 29 Years Old

Mr. Kristopher James Dukes, 29 of Ft. Lauderdale, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2016 at the Kindred Hospital in Ocala.  Kris was born in Plantation, Florida and was a graduate of the University of Florida in 2009 with a Bachelor Degree of Science.  He was a Christian by faith and enjoyed building computers, playing video games, drawing and anything with technology.  Kris was preceded in death by his sister, Jesica Dukes; Paternal Great-Grandparents, Ezekiel and Dicie Dukes, and Willie “Bud”  Chafers; Maternal Great-Grandparents, Henry and Mattie Simmons, and Samuel and Evelyn Sparks; Paternal Grandfather, Ezekiel Dukes, Jr.; Maternal grandparents, Thomas James and Carolyn Sparks; and one paternal uncle, Ezekiel Dukes, III.

 

Survivors include his father and mother, James and Antoinette Dukes, Lake City; his brother, Zackary Dukes, Lake City; Paternal Great-Grandmother, Hattie Chafers, Millen, GA; Paternal Grandmother, Willie Mae Dukes, Ft. Lauderdale; Paternal Uncles, Jerry Dukes (Madeline), Houston, TX, Bobby Dukes, Kentucky and Willie Dukes, Miami, FL; Paternal Aunts, Golden Dukes, Valerise Dukes and Stephanie Dukes; Maternal Uncle, Kevin L. Sparks (Kerchelle), Ft. Lauderdale; Maternal Aunt and Uncle, Maggie & Andrew Stewart; numerous cousins and extended family also survive.

 

Memorial services will be conducted on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM in the Gateway-Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel with Minister Verlin Cox officiating. 


 Service Information

Visitation
Saturday
November 26, 2016

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home
3596 South Highway 441
Lake City, FL 32025

Memorial Service
Saturday
November 26, 2016

11:00 AM
Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home
3596 South Highway 441
Lake City, FL 32025


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