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Richard Gould Duncan - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal May 7, 1997

A memorial service for Mr. Richard Gould Duncan, age 61, will be conducted 4 p.m. Monday, May 12, 1997, 
at the Crothers/Glenwood Funeral Home in Tallulah. Burial will be in New Orleans at Lakelawn Memorial 
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. May 12 at the funeral home in Tallulah.

Mr. Duncan, a Madison Parish farmer, died Sunday, May 4, 1997, at the Veterans Administration Hospital 
in New Orleans of debilitating diabetes.

Mr. Duncan was a Korean War veteran, attended LSU in chemical engineering and completed the J. C. Penney 
Management Program. In 1963, he returned to Tallulah to begin a 30-year farming career. After retirement, 
he moved to New Orleans.

Survivors include three children: Donald G. Duncan of Baton Rouge, Delinda Duncan and Diane Duncan, both of 
New Orleans; two sisters, JoAnn Warner and Patsy Bosso, both of Baton Rouge; one brother James Hewell Duncan 
of Tallulah; and one grandchild, Katie Duncan of Rome, Ga.

Mr. Duncan was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar Dewitt Duncan Sr. and Louise Gould Duncan Lemaster; 
a sister Betty D. Wood and a brother, O. D. Duncan, Jr.

Memorial donations may be sent to General Post Fund, VA Hospital, 1601 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70021, 
Attention Mr. Tim Foray.

Crothers/Glenwood Funeral Home of Tallulah is in charge of arrangements.