MR. JAMES WILLIAM DUKE JR.
Evans – Mr. James William Duke Jr., beloved husband of 26 years of Cynthia Slocumb Duke, entered into rest on Friday evening, March 25, 2011 at Doctor’s Hospital.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 3321 Wheeler Road, with the Rev. Jason Haddox officiating. Burial will be private.
Mr. Duke was a former automobile dealer, and in recent years, dealt with pre owned vehicles. He was a former member and officer of the Georgia Association of Automobile Dealers. He was a member of St Augustine’s Episcopal Church, as well as a member of the Pinetucky Gun Club. An avid sportsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and was a sporting clays shooter.
He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Slocumb Duke, his mother Lillian Sheaffer Duke, his four sons, Timothy William Duke (Lisa), James William “Trey” Duke III (April), Benjamin Neely “Ben” Duke, and James Hancock “Hank” Duke, his grandchildren Tyler Duke and Payton Duke, and a brother Ernie Duke. He is also survived by a brother in law, Bill Slocumb, two sisters in law, Mary Slocumb Gillespie (Hill) and Vicki Durham (Danny), a mother in law, Virginia Slocumb Welfare, as well as several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 3321 Wheeler Road, Augusta, Georgia, 30909.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday, March 27, 2011 from 4:00 until 7:00 PM.