John Duncan

Mr. John Spencer Duncan, 84, of the Mt. Pelia community died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2017, at Desoto County Baptist Hospital in Southaven, Miss.
Funeral Service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Murphy Funeral Home in Martin. Bro. Eddie Hutchens and Bro. Brad Brewer will officiate. Burial will follow in Mt. Pelia Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be Spencer Smith, Michael McKinney, Danny Cook, Mike Edwards, Steve McWherter and Keath Turner.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dickie Alexander, Marvin Alexander, Lewis Shelton, Billy Gene Wagster, Larry McKinney, Finis Wagster, C.P. Deal, Jim Kirk and Gene Turner.
Mr. Duncan is survived by his daughters, Lakota (Jim) Kirk and Shana Smith, both of Martin, and Scarlett (Eddie) Mathis of Hartsville, Ala.; three sisters, Sylvia McKinney, Sarah Moore and Kay Duncan, all of Hermitage; and one grandson, Spencer Thomas Smith.
Mr. Duncan was retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber as a maintenance electrician. He was a graduate of Martin High School and a Golden Glove Champion. He was a U.S. veteran and a member of Bethel Church of Christ.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marva Fay McIntosh Duncan; and his parents, John William Spencer Duncan and Mary Frances Damron Duncan.
Published 9.1.17