This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burke, Duncan Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YCB.2ACI/539 Message Board Post: APEX – Florence Lenore “Billie” [Burke] Duncan, 79, died Saturday evening [30 March 1996] at home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1917, to Warland and Katherine Burke. She was married to the late John T. Duncan Sr.. She was very active in the Apex United Methodist Church, and also in numerous civic and governmental affairs. A memorial service will be held at 2 p. m. on Wednesday in the Apex United Methodist Church. Rev. Henry N. Lovelace will officiate. Family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church fellowship hall. Graveside service will be private. Mrs. Duncan is survived by a daughter, Katherine D. Neal and husband, Brent of Rockingham; son, John T. Duncan, Jr. of Raleigh; brother, Thomas M. Burke of Tulsa, Oklahoma; three grandchildren, Brent Neal, Duncan Neal, and Jessica Duncan. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Apex Historical Society, “Maynard-Pearson Restoration” at P. O. Box 506, Apex, N. C. 27502; or to Hospice of Wake County at 4513 Creedmoor Rd., 4th Floor, Raleigh, N. C. 27612. Arrangements are with Apex Funeral Home.