Elgin "Duck" Gillard 63,  was born June 1, 1955 to Dorothy Gillard and the late Elkin Gillard in Tupelo, MS.  He professed a hope in Christ at an early age and was added to the North Green Street Church of Christ.
Duck attended Carver School and Tupelo High School.  He worked at Ramada Inn as a Night Porter, and the Tupelo Flight Center as a Fuel Specialist.
He leaves to cherish his memory his mother, Dorothy Gillard, his wife Wilma Gillard and his children, Kimberly Judon, Modesty Hope Shumpert (Ian), Celeste McMillian (Eric), and Jasmine Barnes (Sanchez), eight grandchildren, host of aunts, uncle, cousins, relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, Elkin Gillard, his paternal grandparents, Fount and Annie Gillard and his maternal grandparents Bob and Ozell Gilliam.