Obit of Durham, Mary Alice - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

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::Green Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery--Bakersfield CA

Mary Alice Durham

Mary Alice Durham Services: Fri., Dec. 9, 1:30 p.m. Services will be held 
in Greenlawn Memorial Chapel, 3700 River Blvd., for Mary Alice Durham, 85. 
Rev. Mark Harrison will officiate. Mary Alice Atchley Durham, Oklahoma-
native and long-time East Bakersfield resident, passed away December 2, 
2005, in the quiet and peace of her home. One of twelve children of the 
late Charlie Alexander and Lillie Rebecca Bryen Atchley, she is survived 
by her only sister, Lillie Belle Cain Hines and her youngest brother, 
Billie Ray Atchley, both of Bakersfield. With her passing, she joins her 
husband, John Edward (Eddie) Durham, who preceded her in death on December 
9, 1996, after sixty years of marriage. Four surviving children, Mary 
Ramona Holmes and husband Jessie, Belinda Jean Henry and husband George, 
all of Bakersfield, Stanley Edward Durham and wife, Carolyn of Bloomfield, 
Missouri, Janine Lawana Hunter and her life-partner, Michael Horine, of 
Murfreesboro, TN, mourn the passing of their mother. Mrs. Durham had eight 
grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren who love her, miss her, and 
mourn with their parents. Mrs. Durham was a sales associate in numerous 
downtown department stores and a longtime employee of the Kern County 
Union High District before her retirement. Mrs. Durham attended Kern 
County Union High School and Bakersfield College. She expressed great 
pride in her children's educational accomplishments as each of them earned 
degrees from college. This, she considered her greatest achievement. Mrs. 
Durham will be missed by her friends and loved ones including her special 
friend, Grover Haring. The family would like to express appreciation for 
the special care given to their mother by the associates of Agape Home 
Health Care and Hoffman Hospice. Visitation begins Thursday, 3:00- 9:00 
p.m. Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors 

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 12/7/2005.
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