Willie Durkins Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

28 Aug 2004

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August 24. 2004 12:27PM

Willie Durkins						[Photo]

Willie "Pluke" Durkins, 60, a native of Terrebonne Parish and resident of Houma, 
died Friday, Aug. 20, 2004.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to funeral time Wednesday at Gertrude Geddes 
Willis-Terrebonne Funeral Home Chapel. Religious services will be at 11 a.m. 
Wednesday at the chapel, with burial in Southdown Cemetery.

He is survived by one daughter, Angela Barrow of Houma; four brothers, Alexander 
Durkins III of Ethel, and Anthony, Stanley and Noel Durkins, all of Houma; four 
sisters, Zeovie Redmond, Elaine Austin and husband, Leroy, Laura Jones and 
husband, Ervin, and Dianne Scoby and husband, the Rev. Lloyd Scoby, all of 
Houma; and six grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Alexander and Carrie Johnson Durkins; 
his grandparents, Henry Tucker Johnson and Eva Gold James Johnson; his great-
grandmother, Rachel James; one brother, Hayward Durkins; and one nephew, Harold 
Dwayne Matthews.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran and was Baptist.

Gertrude Geddes Willis-Terrebonne Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.