August 5, 1929 – June 21, 2010
PENDLETON, SC - Roy “Cowboy” Calvin Duncan, age 80, husband of Annie Weldon Looney Duncan of 842 Crouch Drive, passed away on Monday, June 21, 2010 at his residence.
Born in Oconee County, SC on August 5, 1929, Mr. Duncan was a son of the late Bruce Cannon Duncan and Lillie Treadway Duncan. He was a United States Army Korean War veteran and was a member of the American Legion. He retired from Owens Corning Fiberglas after 34 years of service as a supervisor and was a member of Fants Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Duncan was an avid baseball player and played with the Textile League for several years.
He is survived by his wife of the home; daughter, Carol Duncan Ridgeway and her husband Randy and their son, Ryan Ridgeway, of Greenville; stepchildren, Jerry Looney of Easley, Judy L. Parks and her husband, Frank of Pendleton, Jane Sonnier and her husband, Brian of Lake Jackson, TX, and Jackie Kelley and her husband, David of Westminster; six step-grandchildren and nine step-great grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his first wife, Betty Gurley Duncan; brothers, Ansel, Howard, Paul (Mutt), DeWitt, Joe, Woodrow and Charles Duncan and sisters, Alma D. Swaney and Eloise Terry.
The Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 3:00 pm at Fants Grove Baptist Church officiated by the Reverends David Kelley and Edward Bryson. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens in Clemson.
The family will be at the residence and will receive friends on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at The McDougald Funeral Home. Mr. Duncan will be placed in the church at 2:30 pm on Wednesday.
Flowers are optional. Memorials may be made to Fants Grove Baptist Church, c/o Ed Swaney, 834 Greenville Street, Pendleton, SC 29670.
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THE MC DOUGALD FUNERAL HOME is in charge of the arrangements.