Obituaries:  Mrs. Bertie Lee Durr, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       D-600
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 16, 1985
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Bertie Lee Durr

  Mrs. Bertha Lee Durr, 66, of Marthaville, passed away on May 9,
1985, in the Schumpert Medical Center of Shreveport, at 3 p.m.
She was born in Sabine Parish on June 29, 1918. Her parents were
Eva Slater, and Raleigh David Stewart of Sabine Parish.

  Services were held in the Bethel Congregational Methodist Church
on Saturday, May 11, at 3 p.m. Burial services were in the Ajax
Cemetery. Rev. Foster Jennings, and Rev. Jerry Wheeler
officiated. Pallbearers for the ceremony were Charles Reece,
Willie Powell, Buddy Stewart, Mike Durr, Lynn Durr, Gerald
Powell, Ronnie Stewart, Kenny Durr, and Benny Durr, Jr.

  Mrs. Durr is survived by her husband, Robert Lee Durr, Sr. of
Ajax; five sons, Benny T. Durr of Martinsburg, W. Va., Robert Lee
Durr, Jr. of Anchorage, Alaska, David J. Durr of Chester, South
Carolina, Daniel E. Durr of Ajax, La., Nathan Durr of Columbus,
Ohio; four daughters, Linda Wehner of Elizabeth, Colorado, Patsy
Acheson of Covington, La., Deborah Robison of Atlanta, Texas, and
Regene Durr of Covington, La.; four brothers, Clifford Steward of
Jal, New Mexico, Lawrence Stewart of Covington, Berman Stewart of
Effie, and Travis Stewart of Effie, La.; one sister, Irene Reece
of Shreveport; and 23 grandchildren; and three great
grandchildren.