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Robert Lucius Durham

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Robert Lucius Durham

Birth
Sardis, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
22 Aug 1971 (aged 87)
DeQuincy, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Robert L. Durham, 87, born in the Sardis Community November 30, 1883, died August 22, 1971 in DeQuincy, La., after a short illness. He was the son of the late Thomas B. Durham and Martha Martin Durham, pioneers who came to Winn Parish from Georgia in the 1850s.

Mr. Durham was a member of the Baptist Church for 70 years, a Mason, and a retired school teacher, having taught in Winn, Grant, and Beauregard Parishes for 45 years.

Funeral services were held August 24 at Brushy Creek Baptist Church and burial was in a cemetery near Field, La.

Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. J. N. Gore of Silsbee, Texas, and Mrs. J. D. Watson of Galveston; two sons, Roy L. Durham of Belle Chasse, La., and James M. Durham of Duson, La.; two sisters, Mrs. R. E. Mathews of Winnfield and Mrs. D. H. Wallace of Verda; one brother, Thomas B. Durham, Jr., of Houston; 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, August 26, 1971
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NOTE: Per Mr. Durham's obituary and 1900 census record, his headstone has an incorrect birth year (Ron Manley).
Robert L. Durham, 87, born in the Sardis Community November 30, 1883, died August 22, 1971 in DeQuincy, La., after a short illness. He was the son of the late Thomas B. Durham and Martha Martin Durham, pioneers who came to Winn Parish from Georgia in the 1850s.

Mr. Durham was a member of the Baptist Church for 70 years, a Mason, and a retired school teacher, having taught in Winn, Grant, and Beauregard Parishes for 45 years.

Funeral services were held August 24 at Brushy Creek Baptist Church and burial was in a cemetery near Field, La.

Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. J. N. Gore of Silsbee, Texas, and Mrs. J. D. Watson of Galveston; two sons, Roy L. Durham of Belle Chasse, La., and James M. Durham of Duson, La.; two sisters, Mrs. R. E. Mathews of Winnfield and Mrs. D. H. Wallace of Verda; one brother, Thomas B. Durham, Jr., of Houston; 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, August 26, 1971
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NOTE: Per Mr. Durham's obituary and 1900 census record, his headstone has an incorrect birth year (Ron Manley).

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