Midland County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Durham, Polly April 27, 1968
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POLLY WHITE RICHARDSON DURHAM
08/12/1881 ? 04/27/1968

Mrs. Polly Durham was born Polly White to Harriett Redden and Monroe White in 
Bryan, Brazos County Texas.  

She was a single parent of two children, Mattie Sims born in 1896, and Ernest 
Sims born in 1898, when she met and married Matthew Richardson in 1900 while 
living in Grimes County, TX.   Matthew and Polly moved to Oklahoma in 1901, 
and had six more children, Millie 1901, Margret 1902, Hattie 1904, Elijah 
1906, Minnie 1909, & Ethel 1911.  Later in life, Polly had another son, Julius
in 1918 with her second husband John Durham while living in Ennis, TX.  

Polly and the children moved to Midland, TX in 1933 after John's death.  She 
joined Macedonia Baptist Church in 1934 and remained in faithful service to 
her church and community until she became ill and passed away in April 1968, 
at the age of 86.

Polly was preceded in death by four of her children, Millie, Elijah, Mattie, 
and Ernest.  She is survived by one brother, George White of Los Angeles, CA, 
four daughters, Margret Henderson, Hattie Hibbitt, Minnie Harris, & Ethel 
Richardson all of California, and one son, Julius Durham of Midland, TX, 
thirteen grand children, and a host of great grand children, friends and loved 
ones.



Additional Comments:
Polly's funeral was held on Thursday, May 2, 1968 at 2:30 p.m. at Macedonia 
Baptist Church, 201 S. Carver Street in Midland, TX; Reverend H.F. Doyle 
Officiated.  Her Pallbearers were members of Macedonia Baptist Church.  Polly 
is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Midland, TX.   Arrangements were made by The 
Jackson Funeral Home in Midland, TX.