Obituaries: Lessie Willis Durham, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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Contributed by Tommy Joe Willis

From: February 6, 1964 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. Jesse Durham Buried February 5 In Local Cemetery

Mrs. Lessie Durham, 71, widow of the late Jesse Durham, died Monday in a
Winnfield hospital after a long illness.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 1, at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel
of Southern Funeral Home with Dr. W. L. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, officiating.  Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under direction of
Southern Funeral Home.

Serving as pallbearers were W. C. Wardlaw, Herman Bass, Robert Baker, Melton
Hightower, J. D. Jones, and Harper Terrill.

Survivors are two sons, Welby Willis of Winnfield and J. A. Willis of
Pascagoula, Miss.; a stepson, Thomas Durham of Bunkie; and two stepdaughters,
Mrs. John Brewer and Mrs. George Curry, both of Baton Rouge; two sisters, Mrs.
Bill Guines of Dry Prong and Mrs. Rennie Wallett of Portland, Ore.; ten
grandchildren and one great grandchild.

(Mr. Willis notes that Mrs. Durham was first married to Henry T. Willis)