Georgia Lee (Cline) Duncan, age 87, of Tazewell, Tennessee passed away peacefully on April 14, 2025 at UT Medical Center. Beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, she was born on January 5, 1938, to the late George Elmer and Eva Cline of Lonesome Valley. She was married on December 28, 1957 to Kenneth “Satch” Duncan and they shared nearly 60 years of marriage together.
Georgia was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Eva (Poore) Cline, her husband Kenneth Duncan, siblings Donald Cline, Charles “Sonny” Cline (and Janice Cline), Bill Cline (and Mandy Cline), Charlene Ferguson (and Don Ferguson), Maxine Giles (and James Giles), Wilma Wilhite (and Alvie Earl, Ralph Wilhite), and Irene Dean (and Marison Dean).
Georgia is survived by her daughter Kammie and John Hames (Knoxville, TN) and her son Kent Duncan and Billie Brooks (Tazewell, TN), grandchildren Kendra and Chris Rains (Knoxville, TN), Wriley Duncan Sturgill and fiance Karla Pyatt (Knoxville, TN), and Georgia Elisa and Preston Evans (LaFollette, TN), and the light of her life her great-grandchild Sunday Georgia Rains (Knoxville, TN), brother Tom and Wilma Cline (Tazewell, TN), niece Donna Bryant, lifetime friend Ethel Estes, and daughter-in-law Deidra Standifer Duncan (Harrogate, TN) and many other special family members and friends.
Georgia worked for many years as a CNA for UT Home Health after getting her certification at the age of 50. Georgia was a Christian who loved the Lord and her church dearly. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of New Tazewell, where she sang in the choir for many years. She is widely known for her homemade chicken and dumplings that she brought to many church functions.
If you were blessed enough to know Georgia, you know that she truly treasured the simple joys in life. A woman whose heart was always full, she found her greatest happiness in spending time with her family and friends. Her home was a place of warmth and food was one of her love languages. She loved nothing more than a long car ride with no destination in mind, she wanted to savor God’s creation and enjoy the open road and the good company. She was a founding member of the “Jug Ladies”, enjoying 32 years of annual pottery shopping trips to Seagrove, NC. A trip that wasn’t just about the pottery, but the ritual, the adventure, the apple cake and the laughter shared and memories made.
The legacy she leaves behind is incomparable, and the cherished memories will live on in the hearts of all who knew her.
The family would like to express a heartfelt Thank You to her physician and friend, Rachel Wilson, DO.
The family will receive friends Friday, April 18, 2025 from 5:00pm-7:00pm at First Baptist Church of New Tazewell followed by a Celebration of Life service at 7:00pm. Officiating ministers will be Rev. Bill Duncan and Rev. Tanner McDowell. Music will provided by Randy Cline and Patricia Tartar. Graveside service will be held Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:00pm at the Baldwin-Duncan Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Wriley Sturgill, Chris Rains, Preston Evans, Anthony Bryant, Trevor Cline, Sam Duncan, Jeff (Scrubb) Chittum, Dennis Cline.
Honorary Pallbearers will be DeLynn Cline and Kevin Cline
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