Services for Melvin P. Ducker of Meadville are 3:30 p.m. today,Dec. 1, at Franklin Funeral Home Chapel in Meadville with burial inMidway Cemetery in Meadville.

Visitation is today from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at thefuneral home.

Mr. Ducker, 86, died Nov. 30, 2004, at Natchez Regional MedicalCenter in Natchez. He was born in Franklin County on Nov. 12, 1918,to Lawrence M. Ducker and Minnie Bufkin Ducker.

He was retired from the State Agriculture Department. He was aveteran of the Navy, having served in World War II. He was a memberof Meadville United Methodist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Wanda Ducker;four brothers; and three sisters.

Survivors are his daughter, Cheryl Jeffus and her husband Mike,of Meadville; his brother, Stanley Ducker of Purvis; and twograndchildren.