Claude Macil Duncan Jr.

Published 11:07 am Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Claude Macil Duncan Jr. passed away at his home Friday, February 28, 2025, with his loving wife of 68 years, Barbara Ann Duncan, along with his daughter, Michele Stephens, and son, Claude Macil Duncan III, by his side.

He was known, loved, and respected in many areas: husband, daddy, papaw, brother, uncle, deacon, worship pastor, friend, and known throughout the FBI agency as the mongoose.

When not spending time with his family or doing ministry, Claude loved to sing and play his guitar, write music, take pictures, and work in the yard.

During his life, he had many accomplishments, including serving his country in the Army, then going on to have a successful career as a special agent with the FBI, leading worship in churches, and leading children’s, youth, and adult choirs throughout the East TN area. Throughout his lifetime, he helped plant churches, led mission teams, and served in key roles in local Baptist associations.

However, the true testament to his life is the legacy he left behind, which slowly trickled into his house that Friday through Saturday. His children, all in full-time ministry, whose spouses Dr. Chris Stephens and Judy Duncan also are involved in ministry; his six grandkids: Candice Faith Pezzulo, Micah Stephens, Shaina Lancing, Zac Stephens, Rachel Freeman, and Maci Waller, and their spouses, are also serving faithfully in their respective churches, along with nine great-grandkids: Jael, Isabella, Scarlett, Skyler, River, Judah, Valor, Ezra, and Maddox. Claude led his family with a firm belief in Jesus, and it is a legacy that will carry on for generations, rippling through his descendants, following his example of loving and leading people to Jesus.

Preceded in death by his father, Claude Macil Duncan Sr.; his mother, Oveda Duncan; and five brothers: G.R., Tony, David, Tommy, and Bill.

Funeral services for Claude will be conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2025, in the East Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, with his son, Rev. Macil Duncan III, and Pastor Mark officiating. Music will be provided by his family. The family will receive friends immediately following the service until 6:30 p.m.

Graveside services with military honors will be held at 12 noon Friday, March 7, 2025, at Monte Vista Memorial Gardens. His grandsons, Micah and Zac, will be officiating. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. For those attending this service, you are asked to meet at the cemetery by 11:50 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, the Duncan family has asked that you give a donation to: Championship Ministries, 11125 East Brainerd Road, Apison, TN 37302, or Pleasant Beach Baptist Church, 125 Watauga Road, Elizabethton, TN 37643.

Condolences may be made online at www.wadugger.com. Arrangements by Woodall-Anderson and Dugger Funeral Home, 108 W. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City. 423-928-2245.