N. B. Duncan N. B. Duncan, 73, of Dora, New Mexico, passed away in Clovis Memorial Hospital, New Mexico, December 29, 1965. Funeral services were December 30, 1965 in the Dora Baptist Church with Rev. G. W. Fine, pastor, officiating, assisted by Eugene Stone. Burial was in Rest Lawn Cemetery at Portales, New Mexico, under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Olean West Duncan and eight children, T. Z. Duncan of Causey, New Mexico; Mrs. O. H. Jones, Dora, New Mexico; Rev. Earnest Duncan, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church, Grand Prairie, Texas; Oscar Duncan, Dora, New Mexico; Mrs. Eugene Stone, San Diego, California; Mrs. J. C. King, Artesia, New Mexico; Mrs. Buck Smith, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Don Thorp, Littlefield, Texas; several grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. E. L. Alexander of Celeste. Also a half-sister of Lubbock, Texas, several nieces and nephews also survive. Mr. Duncan was born in Alabama and lived in the Celeste community for some time before moving to New Mexico in 1936. Those attending the funeral from here were Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Alexander, B. T. Alexander, Irving; M. N. Alexander, Whitewright; Mrs. Herman Compton, Celeste; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Evans, Celeste; Mr. and Mrs. Garland Merrial, Wolfe City; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Walker and Joe Duncan, Duncanville; Oscar and Edwin West, Celeste. (January 7, 1966, The Celeste Courier)