Spotlight Upon Unsung Heroes:

Katie Mae Durham Tatum,

Liscensed Evangelist, Dynamic, Eloquent Speaker

By Wilbur Thirkield Titus

July 31, 2007

If there were a system of royalty in the United States of America, our hero, 
Mrs. Katie Mae Durham Tatum would certainty be a member - not because of 
ancestry nor notoriety, nor glamour, rather because of her genteel regal 
demeanor, her quiet dignity, sterling character and her sincere devotion to her
God, family, community and country.

Mrs. Tatum doesn’t have a huge television ministry, a huge entourage to 
accompany her on her travels nor reporters to cover her every move. Her house 
is not an ancient castle but it is comfortable. Her car isn’t a Rolls Royce but
it gets her where she wants to go. She has no humble servants, rather she 
serves the community by ministering to their spiritual needs . Her coffers are
kept full by her own efforts. She is known for her beautiful quilt artistry, 
her kindness and generosity. She is an eloquent speaker. Those who know her 
love her.

She is the youngest daughter of Anderson Durham and Ellen Anna Titus Durham and 
grand daughter of Freestone County trailblazers Walter, Sr. and Patsy. Reddick
Titus,

Her early life was spent as a farm girl in the Butler Community, Freestone 
County, Texas. There she attended Pine Top Methodist Church and completed the
courses offered by Owens Chapel School. After her mother’s death. She helped
to care for her younger brothers Walter and Alonzo Durham.

After her marriage to Henry Tatum she continued her religious work in the 
Avant Community, moved to Austin, Texas, and from there, she and her husband 
moved to Austin, TX for several years before moving to Denver, Colorado where 
she held the following positions of leadership and responsibility on the local
and state levels: Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, District
Missionary for 12 years, State Treasurer for the Sunday School Department, and
Secretary of the Metropolitan District.

She has returned to her home in the Butler Community and is a member of the 
Fairfield Church of God In Christ, Number One, where she serves faithfully.