Obituaries: Robert Lee Durham, 1971, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 26, 1971 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Robert L. Durham, Winn Native, Dies In DeQuincy

Robert L. Durham, 87, born in the Sardis Community November 30, 1883, died
August 22, 1971 in DeQuincy, La., after a short illness.  He was the son of
the late Thomas B. Durham and Martha Martin Durham, pioneers who came to Winn
Parish from Georgia in the 1850s.

Mr. Durham was a member of the Baptist Church for 70 years, a Mason, and a
retired school teacher, having taught in Winn, Grant, and Beauregard Parishes
for 45 years.

Funeral services were held August 24 at Brushy Creek Baptist Church and burial
was in a cemetery near Field, La.

Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. J. N. Gore of Silsbee, Texas, and
Mrs. J. D. Watson of Galveston; two sons, Roy L. Durham of Belle Chasse, La.,
and James M. Durham of Duson, La.; two sisters, Mrs. R. E. Mathews of
Winnfield and Mrs. D. H. Wallace of Verda; one brother, Thomas B. Durham, Jr.,
of Houston; 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.