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John Chandler Duncan

Male 1915 - 2002  (87 years)


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  • Name John Chandler Duncan  [1, 2
    Birth 10 Apr 1915  [2
    Gender Male 
    SSN issued Bef 1951  Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Social Security Number 425-48-3096  [2
    Death 27 Oct 2002  Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • John Chandler Duncan: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

      Sun Herald, The (Biloxi, MS) - October 29, 2002

      Deceased Name: John Chandler Duncan

      Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Riemann Funeral Home, 25th Avenue, Gulfport.

      BILOXI --- John Chandler "Chan" Duncan died Sunday, October 27, 2002, at the Veteran's Hospital in Biloxi, where he had resided for the past five months.

      Mr. Duncan was a native of Walthall County and owned a dairy farm. He was born April 10, 1915, and was 87 years old. He was a graduate of Pearl River Junior College at Poplarville, and prior to entering the Army Air Corps, Chandler Duncan signed a contract with the St. Louis Cardinals training camp. He was a USAF Staff Sergeant in World War II. He retired from the Veterans Administration and was a resident of Gulfport for 42 years. Mr. Duncan was a past member of the American Legion, a member of the D.A.V., and was also a member of the Tylertown Masonic Lodge. Mr. Duncan was a member of First Baptist Church of Mississippi City for 20 years, where he had been Sunday School Superintendent, and was a deacon for many years. He is now a member of Pass Road Baptist Church where he was not able to be active because of ill health.

      Mr. Duncan was preceded in death by his parents, Robert "Bob" Duncan and Daisy Hobgood Duncan; his sister, Mrs. Alton (Audrey) Johnson; and his brother, Edd Duncan, all of Tylertown. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Lourene "Lou" Wilks Duncan; two daughters, Jeannie McCain McInnis, and Chanda Duncan Beard; and three grandchildren, Vanessa Autumn Vincent, Jacob Chandler Beard, and Kyle Jackson Beard.

      Visitation will be at Riemann Funeral Home, 25th Avenue in Gulfport, on Wednesday, October 30, from 1:00 p.m. until the funeral at 2:00 p.m. Burial will be in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Gulfport.

      In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to Pass Road Baptist Church, 208 Pass Rd., Gulfport, MS 39507.

      Edition: TSH
      Page: A5
      Copyright (c) 2002 The Sun Herald
    Person ID I25450  tng Genealogy

    Family Lourene Wilks,   b. 16 May 1926, Columbia, Marion, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 2008, Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F8462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S318] Ivan Ernest Bass, Wilkes Family History and Genealogy: Thomas Wilkes (ca. 1735-1809) and His Descendants, (Name: 1965;), Page 182.

    2. [S344] Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Number: 425-48-3096; Issue State: Mississippi; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Record for John C. Duncan
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