Stella Loudene (Emery) Durham, 81, of Newport, AR., died Friday, May 18, in Baptist Medical Center at Little Rock.
Mrs. Durham was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She enjoyed quilting, country music, dancing and gardening. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by: two husbands, Jessie Emery and Floyd Sterling; her parents, James Alexander and Mary Bernice Ussery Bradley; and both sets of grandparents, including Phillip Alexander and Celia Bradley, with whom she lived for much of her childhood; one infant daughter, Irene Emery; two brothers, Cecil Bradley and Elbert Bradley; and one sister, Hilda Cathey.
She is survived by: her husband and friend, Bob Durham of Newport; four sons, J.L. Emery of Costa Rica and Marvin Emery, Ralph Emery and Terry Emery, all of Newport; one stepdaughter, Alesha Falwell; one brother, Claude Bradley; one sister, Thelma Lane, all of Newport; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Services were in the Dillinger Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Coffeyville Cemetery. Arrangements were by Dillinger Funeral Home.
Mrs. Durham was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She enjoyed quilting, country music, dancing and gardening. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by: two husbands, Jessie Emery and Floyd Sterling; her parents, James Alexander and Mary Bernice Ussery Bradley; and both sets of grandparents, including Phillip Alexander and Celia Bradley, with whom she lived for much of her childhood; one infant daughter, Irene Emery; two brothers, Cecil Bradley and Elbert Bradley; and one sister, Hilda Cathey.
She is survived by: her husband and friend, Bob Durham of Newport; four sons, J.L. Emery of Costa Rica and Marvin Emery, Ralph Emery and Terry Emery, all of Newport; one stepdaughter, Alesha Falwell; one brother, Claude Bradley; one sister, Thelma Lane, all of Newport; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Services were in the Dillinger Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Coffeyville Cemetery. Arrangements were by Dillinger Funeral Home.
Stella Loudene (Emery) Durham, 81, of Newport, AR., died Friday, May 18, in Baptist Medical Center at Little Rock.
Mrs. Durham was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She enjoyed quilting, country music, dancing and gardening. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by: two husbands, Jessie Emery and Floyd Sterling; her parents, James Alexander and Mary Bernice Ussery Bradley; and both sets of grandparents, including Phillip Alexander and Celia Bradley, with whom she lived for much of her childhood; one infant daughter, Irene Emery; two brothers, Cecil Bradley and Elbert Bradley; and one sister, Hilda Cathey.
She is survived by: her husband and friend, Bob Durham of Newport; four sons, J.L. Emery of Costa Rica and Marvin Emery, Ralph Emery and Terry Emery, all of Newport; one stepdaughter, Alesha Falwell; one brother, Claude Bradley; one sister, Thelma Lane, all of Newport; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Services were in the Dillinger Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Coffeyville Cemetery. Arrangements were by Dillinger Funeral Home.
Mrs. Durham was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She enjoyed quilting, country music, dancing and gardening. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by: two husbands, Jessie Emery and Floyd Sterling; her parents, James Alexander and Mary Bernice Ussery Bradley; and both sets of grandparents, including Phillip Alexander and Celia Bradley, with whom she lived for much of her childhood; one infant daughter, Irene Emery; two brothers, Cecil Bradley and Elbert Bradley; and one sister, Hilda Cathey.
She is survived by: her husband and friend, Bob Durham of Newport; four sons, J.L. Emery of Costa Rica and Marvin Emery, Ralph Emery and Terry Emery, all of Newport; one stepdaughter, Alesha Falwell; one brother, Claude Bradley; one sister, Thelma Lane, all of Newport; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Services were in the Dillinger Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Coffeyville Cemetery. Arrangements were by Dillinger Funeral Home.
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