Obituary: James Loyd “Jimmy” Duncan
James Loyd “Jimmy” Duncan was born September 28,1959, to Zueline Porter Duncan Brooks and the late Buel Loyd Duncan of Pocahontas. He peacefully passed on to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
Jimmy lived his entire life in Pocahontas and was a 1977 graduate of Middleton high school. As a teenager, he threw newspapers around Pocahontas and Essary Springs. After high schoo,l he went to work at the factory, formerly known as World Color, in Corinth, Mississippi where he was employed 32 years until its closing. He later retired from Glass Steel in Moscow, Tennessee. Jimmy made and stayed in contact with so many friends from school, work, and church over the years.
Jimmy was an active member at Pocahontas First Baptist church where he gave his life to Jesus at age 12. One of his favorite things to do was go to church to hear the word and see all the children he loved so much. Even though he never fathered any children of his own, he was the BEST Uncle Jim and had a hand in raising many others. For many years, he had an October hayride for the kids (and adults) in the community. He also enjoyed having fish fries and cooking on his grill.
Jimmy loved driving and talking about Ford trucks and Ford, Farmall, or any tractor. He also enjoyed woodworking and was best known these last few years as “The Sweet Potato Man.”
Jimmy was always a man of his word, and if he told you he would do something, you could count on him to do it.
Church services will be held at Pocahontas First Baptist Church on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at 1 p.m. with the burial in Oak Grove Independent Methodist Cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Directors of Bolivar is in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his mother Zueline Brooks; sister, Joanie Smith; nephew, Nick Smith; niece, Amanda Russell (Chuck); and great nephew, Isaac Russell. Jimmy is also survived by a host of other family and friends he loved dearly. He was proceeded in death by is father, Buel Duncan; stepfather, Charles Brooks; and a brother-in-law, Robert Neal Smith. Memorials in his honor may be directed to Pocahontas First Baptist Church or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Courtesy of Shackelford Funeral Directors, Bolivar, Tennessee.
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