November 1957 page 6

Trainmaster Duncan Dies In Greenville

[photograph of a trainmaster]

Arthur C. Duncan, 52, trainmaster
of the Piedmont and Northern's
South Carolina Division, died suddenly
in a Greenville hospital on Sunday, Oc-
tober 27.

Mr. Duncan had served the P & N in
various capacities in the operating de-
partment since October, 1924, when he
joined the company as ticket clerk in
Anderson shortly after attending the
University of South Carolina.

A native of Piedmont, S. C., he re-
ceived his grammar and high schooling
in Piedmont until he entered the Uni-
versity in 1923. Before taking a job with
the P & N he worked for a short time
in the payroll department of Piedmont
Manufacturing Co.

A year after he joined the railway he
was transferred to Greenville where he
became yard clerk at River Junction.
From 1925 to 1932 he was clerk in the
superintendent's office at River Junc-
tion. He then served as clerk at Belton
for a year, returning to River Junction
in 1933 as yard clerk and relief dispatcher
at River Junction in which capacity he
remained until 1944 when he was pro-
moted to assistant trainmaster of the
South Carolina Division. He was ap-
pointed trainmaster of the North Caro-
lina Division in 1945, where he stayed
until 1956 when he returned to Green-
ville as trainmaster.

Married in 1934

Mr. Duncan was married in 1934 to
the former Eva L. Mitchell, who survives
him. He and Mrs. Duncan had no chil-
dren.

Funeral services for Mr. Duncan, a
member of the Second Presbyterian
Church of Greenville, were conducted by
the Rev. Leonard E. Woodward at The
Mackey Mortuary on October 29. Burial
was in Woodlawn Memorial Park. A
number of Mr. Duncan's P & N asso-
ciates served as pallbearers. They in-
cluded T. A. Shirley, Frank M. Sellers,
J. Lewis Rhodes, W. N. Page, and S. P.
Kistler.

During his 34 years of association with
the P & N Mr. Duncan not only gained
the respect and trust of the company
management through his extensive rail-
road knowledge and ability but also the
friendship and esteem of those he super-
vised. He will be long remembered and
sorely missed on both divisions of the
railroad.

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