Eddie N Duncan

Eddie N. Duncan, M.D., age 64, a resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Friday, February 8, 2008 at the family residence. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee (1961-1964). He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Medical Units in Memphis, Tennessee in June of 1968. He served his internship with the USAF Medical Center Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi (June 1968-July 1969). He did his residency in Ophthalmology at the Emory University and Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia from July 1972 to July 1975. He was a veteran of the United States Airforce where he served as a captain and a flight surgeon at Maxwell Airforce Base. Dr. Duncan started his medical practice in Cleveland, Tennessee in 1975. He was a member of the Bradley Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, past president of the Bradley County Medical Society, Bradley Memorial Medical Staff, Cleveland Community Hospital Staff, Skyridge Medical Center and Surgery Center of Cleveland and the Surgery Center of Athens. He also founded the Cleveland Eye Clinic and Athens Eye Associates. He was a member of the Ocoee Heath Alliance Board of Trustees, TMA, Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology and American Academy of Ophthalmology. He was an active member of Broad Street United Methodist Church where he served on the Board of Trustees, chairman of the Administrative Board, the long range planning committee, the staff parish committee, co-chair the capital fund campaign and head usher. While committed to professional excellence, he also demonstrated his leadership through his community service activities. He was also a past member and chairman of the Cleveland City School Board and a member of the Bradley County Board of Education. He served on the board of the United Way of Bradley County, the Cleveland Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA and Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. He also has co-chaired fund raising committees for the YMCA, Lee University and the Untied Way. He was designated Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary Club in 1999, he was awarded the Robert W. Varnell, Jr. Leadership Award. He co-founded and was also chairman of the Board of Directors for Southern Heritage Bank. He was preceded in death by his father, Edwin Yates Duncan, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Hamilton and Marcia Tucker and sister-in-law, Nancy Stephens Duncan. Survivors include his wife, Ann Tucker Duncan; son and daughter-in-law: Tucker and Holly Duncan; daughter and son-in-law: Tracy and Kenny Needham; grandchildren: McKenzie Lee Ann Needham, Kenneth Stokes Needham, III, Lindsey Elizabeth Duncan, Hamilton Tucker Duncan; mother, Lona Duncan; brother, Richard Duncan; sisters: Brenda Duncan Abel and Janice Duncan; brother-in-law and sister-in-law: Taylor and Gayle Howard; uncles and aunts: Jim and Fran Tucker and Mary Ruth and Bill Melvin; several nieces and nephews also survive. A memorial service will be conducted on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 5 p.m. at the Broad Street United Methodist Church with Reverend Andy Ferguson and Reverend Debbie Stokes officiating. The family requests memorials be made to the Broad Street United Methodist Church, 155 Central Avenue, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311 or the United Way of Bradley County, 85 Ocoee Street SE, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311. Dr. Duncan requested that his body be donated to the Vanderbilt University for medical research. Ralph Buckner Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Duncan family guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.