Sylacauga- Celebration of Life Service for Mr. Joseph M. Duck Jr., 90 will be held at First Baptist Church of Sylacauga on Monday, November 14, 2011 at 2PM. Reverend Tim Childers and Dr. Bill Dean will officiate the service. Burial will be held at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Duck died on Friday, November 11, 2011 in Sylacauga.Mr. Duck was recently reappointed by Governor Robert Bentley to his fourth term as chairman of his fourth term as chairman of the Talladega County Voter Registers. He owned and operated Duck's Jewelers for 53 years and is considered by many as a Sylacauga icon. He is a past president of the Alabama Retail Jewelers Association.Mr. Duck was born on June 9, 1921, in Bessemer, Alabama. He is preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Betty Craddock Duck; his parents, Joseph M. Duck Sr. and Ruth Thomas Duck; and one sister, Frances Duck.He is survived by one Daughter, Kim Duck Windsor and her husband, Ken, of Sylacauga; one grandson, Wes Watkins and his wife, Amy of Sylacauga; one granddaughter, Ginger Watkins Nix and her husband, Dr. Jeff Nix, of Washington, D.C.; two great granddaughters, Marlee and Maggie Watkins of Sylacauga; one great grandson, Judah Nix of Washington, D.C. and one brother, Robert M. Duck of Montgomery.Mr. Duck Graduated from Bessemer High School where he was on the track team, in the band, and served as president of the student body. As a child, one of his uncles carried him to an air show at Roberts Field near Birmingham where he met Charles Lindberg. That meeting kindled his love for flying which grew over the years. and eventually led his to train as a fighter pilot in the U. S. Navy. He graduated from the Pensacola Air Academy in 1945. At the end of World War II. His love for flying continued after the war and he served in the Reserves as a pilot until 1958. Mr. Duck was Commander of the civil Air patrol in Sylacauga for many years. He was an active member of the American Legion Post #45.He came to Sylacauga after the war to join his dad who owned a jewelry store. He followed in his dad's foot-steps and became a Master Watchmaker specializing as a railroad watch inspector. He was married to former Betty Craddock in 1948.Mr. Duck became a charter member of the Sylacauga Kiwanis Club in 1954 an done of the club's first Board of Directors members. He has a record of 57 years and four months of perfect attendance, one of the longest perfect attendance streaks in the History of the Kiwanis International. He served on almost every committee and has served on the board numerous times and in 2008 was named Lifetime Honorary Member of the Sylacauga Kiwanis Club Board of Directors. He was named Kiwanian of the Year in 1995; and was recipient of the George F. Hixson fellow award-one of the highest individual awards that a Kiwanian can receive, and one of only six Sylacauga Kiwanis's to achieve the honor.Visitation will be held at Curtis and Son Funeral Home North Chapel on Sunday, November 13, 2011 from 5pm until 8pm. The body will lie in state prior to the service from 1-2PM.Honorary pallbearers will be members of the First Baptist Church of Sylacauga Keystone sunday School Class. Active pallbearers will be Bill Coker, Jim Heigl, Ron Johnson, Earl Lewis, Steve Sprayberry and Jerry Walker. Online condolences at www.curtisandsonfh.com. Curtis and Son North Chapel will direct the service.
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