MINISTER GEORGE DUKE WAS BORN IN GEORGIANA ALABAMA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN CENTURY, PLEASANT GROVE, WARRINGTON, FLORIDA AND BAY HIGH SCHOOL IN BAY ST. LOUIS MISSISSIPPI. HE ENLISTED AND SERVED IN THE USAF IN 1955-1959 AND WAS STATIONED AT LACKLAND AFB TEXAS, LOWRY AFB COLORADO,SMOKY HILL AFB KANSAS AND CHELVESTON AFB ENGLAND WHERE HE MARRIED CAROL ANN GREGORY OF WELLINGBORO NORTHANTS ENGLAND. AFTER RETURNING TO THE USA HE JOINED THE PENSACOLA POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PENSACOLA FLORIDA. WHILE ON THE PPD HE AND CAROL FOUND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND WAS FILLED WITH HIS SPIRIT AT THE UPC IN ENSLEY FLORIDA. LATER THEY RETURNED TO THE UK WHERE THEY HELD SERVICES IN RUSHDEN ENGLAND WITH HIM WORKING AS A BUS CONDUCTOR. ON RETURN TO THE USA HE AND CAROL MOVED TO HOUSTON TEXAS WHERE HE ATTENDED TEXAS BIBLE COLLEGE AND RECEIVED HIS BA OF THEOLOGY. DURING THE TIME THAT HE WAS ENROLLED AT TBC HE WORKED AT HUGHES TOOL COMPANY AND FOUNDED THE UPC CHURCH IN GALVESTON TEXAS BAPTISING SEVERAL HUNDRED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. IN 1972 HE WAS APPOINTED AS A MISSIONARY WITH THE UPCI. TO GREAT BRITON WHERE HE AND CAROL STARTED CHURCHES IN HIGH WYCOMBE, LYDNEY, OXFORD, NEWMARKET ENGLAND, CARDIFF WALES, AND IN FALKIRK SCOTLAND. AFTER 13 YEARS IN THE UK HE AND CAROL RETURNED TO THE USA AND PASTORED THE CHURCH IN FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA FOR 22 YEARS BUILDING A CHURCH THERE. NOW RETIRED HE AND CAROL ARE RESIDING IN SHARPSBURG GEORGIA AND FORT WALTON BEACH FLORIDA.
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