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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams

BiHv McDuffie: A Tribute from the CHS Quarterback Program, 2009

William C. (Billy) McDuffie, Jr. died June 7, 2009, at age 82 but he will
always be remembered for his love and devotion to his family,
friends, and his beloved Columbia High School where he was a 1945
graduate.

Billy was an outstanding end at CHS. He was well known for his
pass-catching and touchdown-scoring abilities and he was just as
outstanding in the classroom where he was a top student and a
member of the National Honor Society.

He also served in various school leadership capacities and was vice
president of his senior class.

Billy was always an avid outdoorsman and loved hunting and fishing.
Friend Robert L. Green recalls that Billy taught him how to hunt ducks
and he said Billy was the best shot he ever saw.

Billy was also very active in the National Wild Turkey Federation.

With his love of the outdoors it was only natural that he would found
McDuffie’s Marine and Sporting Good store in 1950, and make it one
of the premier sporting goods stores in North Florida.

Billy was a true visionary, always having an amazing ability to foresee
market trends and to react accordingly.

And from the beginning he made his store the headquarters for
business support for CHS, always volunteering to sell CHS sports
tickets at his store.

All in all, Billy McDuffie was an All-American youngster who became
an All-American man, a man who was the very model of what a
husband, father, churchman, and friend to all should be.

Men like Billy McDuffie are few and far between. His word was his
bond and for him a handshake could seal a deal. But, in all his
endeavors, he first and foremost loved and cared for his family— and

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