Obituaries: Charlie Durham, 1973, Winn & Grant Parishes, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: April 19, 1973 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Charlie Durham, Retired Mail Carrier, Dies

Charlie Durham, 77, of Atlanta, died Tuesday, April 11, 1972 in Natchitoches
Parish hospital.

A native of Winn Parish, Mr. Durham was a retired mail carrier, a member of
the Atlanta Baptist Church, a veteran of World War I, and a Mason.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Atlanta Baptist Church
with Rev. Ray Teal officiating, assisted by Dr. Bernes Selph of Denton,
Arkansas.

Survivors include five brothers, Joe Durham of Dallas, Texas, Nathan Durham
and Flem Durham, both of Natchitoches, Crosby Durham of El Dorado, Ark., and
Clarence Durham of Winnfield; four sisters, Mrs. Carrie Ballard of Coushatta,
Mrs. Anna Shofner of Natchitoches, Mrs. Laura Selph of Cotton Valley, Mrs.
Odell Kolb of Atlanta, and one grandson.

Masonic graveside rites were held by Montgomery Lodge No. 168.

Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased, including Aubrey Ballard, F.
M. Durham, Lindsey Durham, Billy James Durham, Joe Durham, Walter
Durham, Charlie Kolb, and Michael Brown.