Back in May we wrote about Charlie Duncan being honored by the Cobb Board of Commissioners when he turned 107 years old.
That made him the oldest living World War II veteran in Georgia.
Over the weekend, Duncan’s family announced that he passed away on Friday.
According to his obituary, Duncan’s funeral will take place Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Sandy Plains Baptist Church (2825 Sandy Plains Road), with a visitation taking place at noon.
On his 107th birthday, commissioners passed a resolution on “Charlie Duncan Day” as he was joined by family members and friends.
Duncan was born on May 27, 1919, grew up in Cobb and Cherokee counties. He served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, building prefabricated bridges for use in the Allied campaign in Europe.
He was sworn in on his 25th birthday and served for 18 months, until shortly after the German surrender in May 1945.
He came home and lived in Cobb County the rest of his life, retiring as a master craftsman at an Atlanta millworks company.
Duncan survived two wives, to whom he was married for 39 years and 44 years, and heads a family with 10 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
He later built a home on Ebenezer Road in Northeast Cobb and took water aerobics classes at the Mountain View Aquatics Center.
And Duncan. has kept strong ties with other veterans, dining them often at a Woodstock restaurant, close his home at a senior-living facility, and that’s popular with military retirees.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Sandy Plains Baptist Church Building and Grounds or to Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child.
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