Obit of Duncan, Joyce Ann Harrill - Harmon County, Oklahoma

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Joyce Ann Harrill Duncan

GRUVER - Joyce Ann Harrill Duncan, 89, died Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, 
in Spearman.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church 
with the Rev. Scott Curry, pastor, and the Rev. George Price 
officiating. Burial will be in Gruver Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers 
Funeral Home of Spearman.

Mrs. Duncan was born in McQueen, Okla., on Dec. 4, 1914, to Mr. and 
Mrs. J.B. Harrill. She married T.T. Duncan, her high school 
sweetheart, on Sept. 8, 1934. They made their home in Oklahoma before 
moving to Hansford County in 1942.

Joyce was a member of First Baptist Church of Gruver since 1954, 
where she served in various capacities for more than 50 years. She 
was the general secretary of the Sunday school and the church hostess 
for more than 30 years. She will be remembered for her love of the 
church, sewing for the community and following the Gruver Greyhound 
teams. She was also a member of Busy Hands Hobby Club and was known 
for the beautiful beaded Christmas ornaments she gave to her friends.

After the death of her husband in 1948, she was both mother and 
father to their sons.

She was preceded in death by her husband in 1948; her parents; a 
grandson, Richie Todd; two sisters, Bartie Bryant and Ila Dale 
Harrill; and a brother, J.B. Harrill Jr.

Survivors include two sons, Gene Duncan and wife, Francis, and Jerry 
Duncan, all of Gruver; two sisters, Mozell Louder of Dalhart and Toma 
Ray Garton of Allerton, Iowa; five grandsons, Scott Duncan and wife, 
Marie, of Humble, Steve Duncan and wife, Kathy, of College Station, 
Kelly Don Duncan and wife, Sylvia, and Tracy Duncan, all of Dallas 
and Justin Duncan of Gruver; and nine great-grandchildren, Joshua, 
Danielle, Elissa and Sarah, all of College Station and Kyle, Allen, 
Emily, Preston and Olivia, all of Dallas.

The family suggests memorials be to the kitchen fund of First Baptist 
Church of Gruver, Gruver, TX 79040, Hansford County Hospice, 707 S. 
Roland, Spearman, TX 79081 or to a favorite charity.

Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 16 & 17, 2004
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