Duane Gunnels Biggs

January 1, 2020

Duane Gunnels Biggs, 82 of Canoe, AL. passed away December 29, 2019 in Canoe. She was born August 22, 1937 in Calhoun County, AL. to the late Vinnie and Irola Gunnels. She was a retired school bus driver from the Escambia County Alabama School System. She was a member of Healing Waters Church in Bay Minette, AL. She is preceded in death by her parents, a sister Helen Willis and a grandson Cory Jones.

She is survived by her loving husband of 62 years Luman Ray Biggs of Canoe, AL and a daughter Felicia (Clarence) Carlton of Canoe, AL. One brother Billy Ray (Norma) Gunnels of Piedmont, AL. and one sister Myra Jo Giles of Piedmont, AL. Grandson Eric Jones and great grandchildren Kennedy Jones, Dagan Jones, Addison Jones, Madelyn Jones, Garrick Freeze, Rylee Carlton, Reese Carlton, Rowland Carlton.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 12 noon at the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. John Loper and Bro. Richard Daniels officiating. Graveside services will follow at 2:30 PM at the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spanish Fort, AL.

Active pallbearers will be Keith Biggs, Bruce Mobley, Dudley Fountain, Chuck Gunnels, Eric Justice and Woody Oglesby. Honorary pallbearers will be Jerry Biggs, Frank Rasberry and Greg Rasberry.

Visitation will be held Thursday, January 2, 2020 from 11 AM until service time at 12 Noon from the Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Jude’s Research Hospital.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries