For those of you who want to pay your respects to iconic Houston sports announcer J. Fred Duckett, the Rice Athletics Department has the details.
A visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday evening at the George H Lewis & Sons Funeral Home, 1010 Bering Drive in Houston. The Memorial Service will be at 1 pm on Friday at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1015 Holman at Main in Houston. The family is also formulating plans for donations in lieu of flowers and those details will also be announced shortly.
More memories of J. Fred can be found here.
What a sad day–I haven’t seen him in probably 15 years, but remember him like yesterday.
The stories about Fred began at our dinner table as soon as my kids transfered to Awty. When we finally met him we were surprised to learn that all of the stories and more were true. What a fascinating person. We will always remember his announcing voice and his story telling of impressive sports moments, whether it was of the olympics or a high school state meet.