Obituaries: Beulah Perkins Durham, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 1, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. J. P. Durham, Sister of Local Residents, Dies

Mrs. J. P. Durham, 76, of Shreveport, died September 24 after a long illness. 
She was the twin sister of Mrs. Eula Peavy, and the sister of Mrs. W. O.
Averett and Mrs. Walter W. Allen, all of Winnfield.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Rose-Neath
Funeral Home, with the Rev. Todd Hamilton, pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Minden, and the Rev. Paul Stockemer, associate pastor of Parkview Baptist
Church, officiating.  Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery.

A native of Winnfield, the deceased was the former Beulah Perkins, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Perkins, pioneers of this area.  She had lived in
Shreveport for 60 years, and was a member of the Parkview Baptist Church.

Other survivors are one daughter, Mrs. James J. Mitchell of Shreveport; two
sons, Wayne J. and J. Harris Durham, both of Shreveport; seven grandchildren
and six great grandchildren.

Attending the last rites for Mrs. Durham from Winnfield were Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Allen, Warren Allen, Mrs. Eula Peavy, and Mrs. W. O. Averett.