Lois Taylor Duncan

Funeral service will be at 3:00 Tuesday, June 14 at Collier-Butler Funeral Home. Graveside service will follow at Crestwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Duncan’s great grandson, Jake Naumcheff, and son-in-law, Rev. Allen Hudson, will officiate.

Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services will direct.

Mrs. Duncan grew up in Dale County, AL moving to Gadsden in the early 1940’s. She worked a short time at Goodyear where she met and married the love of her life, the late W.F. (Dodie) Duncan. She became a stay at home mother for the 59 years of their marriage.

She was a member of First Baptist Church Hokes Bluff for 65 years where she taught Sunday School, was a choir member, and in her later years was a key member of the church prayer line. Mrs. Duncan will be remembered as a “prayer warrior” who loved God, her church, and especially her family. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the pride and joy of her life.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Duncan was preceded in death by her parents, John W. & Nancy Ellen Taylor; brothers, Richard & Harvey Taylor; sisters, Eula Pipkins, Una Mae Cain, Foye Chapman and Effie Edmonds.

Mrs. Duncan is survived by her son, Johnny W. (Sandra) Duncan; daughter, Carol (Allen) Hudson; grandson, Chad (Amy) Hudson; granddaughters, Cassie (Jason) Shields, Terri (Steve) Naumcheff, Cyndi (Maurizio) Villarreal, Toni (Brian) Hess; Holly (Jay) Knowlton; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be her grandson and grandsons-in-law.

Special thanks to the nurses and staff at Gadsden Heath & Rehab Center and Camellia Heathcare.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Hokes Bluff “Building Project Fund”, 5052 Main St., Gadsden, AL 35903.

The family will receive friends from 1 pm until the hour of service at the funeral home Tuesday.