J.C. Duncan

DUNCAN, Mr. J.C. - Age 78, passed away Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at Homewood Village. Family hour 10:30AM Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, 424 E. Kennelworth Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11AM. Dr. Roy I Greer officiating. Interment Gracelawn Community Cemetery, 5710 N. Saginaw St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Tuesday. Mr. Duncan will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8PM Monday. Mr. J.C. Duncan was born January 2, 1927 in Sherrill, Arkansas, the son of the late Roosevelt Duncan and Mary Bell Trench-Brown. He accepted Christ at an early age at St. Luke Baptist Church in Sherrill, AR. On January 10, 1953, he united in Holy Matrimony with Gayola Haynes in Pine Bluff, AR. Mr. Duncan was an Honorably Discharged Veteran of the United States Army. He had been a resident of Flint since 1954. Mr. Duncan retired from Local # 659 as a tradesman. He was also an auto mechanic, liked working on cars and enjoyed fishing. His smile and the love he had for his family and friends will be deeply missed. Family and friends will also miss his favorite sayings, "You don't hear me now, do you," and "You look good, but you won't hunt." Mr. J.C. Duncan leaves to cherish his memory: wife, Gayola Duncan; 6 children, John Smith, Dorothy (Orlando) Robertson, Lorenzo Duncan, and Merry Duncan, all of Flint, C.L. (Gladys) Smith of Gary, IN, and Maxine Lever of Bellevue, NE; godson, Antonio Johnson; grandchildren, Tameka Duncan and Keiana Wilson, both of Flint, Jimmie (Kellie) Lever of Canton, OH, Garnet (Laureen) Lever of Mililani, Hawaii, Shantel Smith, and C.L. Smith, Jr., both of Gary, IN, and Tamia (Larry) Norman of Bellevue, NE; brother, Jimmy (Essie) Duncan of Kansas City, KS; and special cousins, Geraldine (Secreater) Johnson of Flint, Mildred Johnson of Detroit, Dorothy Ward of Pine Bluff, AR, Mary Ramey of Huntsville, AR. Catherine Pippens, George and Erice Duncan, all of Detroit, and Joe Duncan of Cleburne, TX; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, Alga Wallace, Junior Collins and Jimmie Lever. Mr. Duncan was preceded in death by his daughter, Deborah A. Duncan; parents, Roosevelt Duncan and Mary Bell Trench-Brown; and 4 brothers. The family would like to express special thanks to the Greene, Horne, Johnson and Lever families, the staff at McLaren Regional Medical Center, and McLaren Homewood Assisted Living, Dr. Roy I. Greer and the Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church family.

J.C. Duncan

January 2, 1927 - May 17, 2005