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Richard Wilson “Red” Durham

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Richard Wilson “Red” Durham Veteran

Birth
Belvidere, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
Death
8 May 1996 (aged 71)
Manchester, Coffee County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Clara Richard Wilson "Red" Durham

He was the son of Herman H. and Laura A. (Walker) Durham and married Rosa. He later married Mary Louise (Keller) Mears - 05 Nov 1977 - Moore Co., Tennessee. His obituary follows:

Wilson "Red" Durham, age 71, of 511A Madison Street, Manchester, a horse trainer and farmer, died May 8 at Coffee County Medical Center. He was the son of Herman and Laura Alice Durham. He was a Navy veteran and a native Franklin Countian. Survivors include his wife, Louise Durham; daughter, Laura Grandstaff of Nashville; five step-daughters, Sandra Kelley, Frances Campbell, and Ann Powers, all of Decherd, Patricia Merritt of Lebanon and Betty Meeks of Winchester; two stepsons, Aubrey Mears of Winchester and David Mears of Lebanon; four sisters, Mary Hall and Barbara Dooley of Winchester, Hermelene Pickett of Huntland and Mary Jane Curtis of Belvidere; a half-sister, Tiny Hill of St. Louis, Missouri; a brother, J. B. Durham of Estill Springs; half-brother, Jamie Durham of Belvidere; 19 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Friday, May 10, at 3:30 p.m. from Moore-Cortner Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Franklin Memorial Gardens. Serving as pallbearers were Jimmy Self, Bud Kelley, Ray Conley, Edward Mears, Aubrey Mears, and David Mears. Moore-Cortner Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Source:
The Herald-Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Monday, May 13, 1996
Clara Richard Wilson "Red" Durham

He was the son of Herman H. and Laura A. (Walker) Durham and married Rosa. He later married Mary Louise (Keller) Mears - 05 Nov 1977 - Moore Co., Tennessee. His obituary follows:

Wilson "Red" Durham, age 71, of 511A Madison Street, Manchester, a horse trainer and farmer, died May 8 at Coffee County Medical Center. He was the son of Herman and Laura Alice Durham. He was a Navy veteran and a native Franklin Countian. Survivors include his wife, Louise Durham; daughter, Laura Grandstaff of Nashville; five step-daughters, Sandra Kelley, Frances Campbell, and Ann Powers, all of Decherd, Patricia Merritt of Lebanon and Betty Meeks of Winchester; two stepsons, Aubrey Mears of Winchester and David Mears of Lebanon; four sisters, Mary Hall and Barbara Dooley of Winchester, Hermelene Pickett of Huntland and Mary Jane Curtis of Belvidere; a half-sister, Tiny Hill of St. Louis, Missouri; a brother, J. B. Durham of Estill Springs; half-brother, Jamie Durham of Belvidere; 19 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Friday, May 10, at 3:30 p.m. from Moore-Cortner Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Franklin Memorial Gardens. Serving as pallbearers were Jimmy Self, Bud Kelley, Ray Conley, Edward Mears, Aubrey Mears, and David Mears. Moore-Cortner Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Source:
The Herald-Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Monday, May 13, 1996

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