Frederick Emmett Ducey,, D.V.M. Jr.

Dr. Frederick Emmett Ducey, Jr., D.V.M, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at the age of 86. Dr. Ducey was born in Savannah, GA on April 3, 1925, the son of Frederick Emmett Ducey, Sr., D.V.M. and Murrell Elizabeth Ellington Ducey.Dr. Ducey was allowed to graduate early, 1n 1943 from Savannah High School to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a Navigator during World War II; attended Auburn University for 1 year and in 1950 graduated in the first class of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia.He moved to Ridgeland, SC in June, 1950 where he practiced Veterinary Medicine for 61 years. While president of the Ridgeland Jaycees, he started it