Duke, Dan
August 20, 2026
Daniel Lunday Payne Duke emerged as one of El Paso’s notable political elder statesmen after a varied career that began in East Texas as a barber and shoeshine boy. Born on his wife Bertha Haley Duke’s birthday, he worked in towns including Naples, DeKalb, and Paris before moving to El Paso, where…
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