John William Durham

(January 25, 1886-May 29, 1967)

Mineral Wells

May 20, 1967

Funeral Services for John Durham To Be Wednesday

Funeral services for John William "Bill" Durham, 81, 913 SE Eleventh Ave., will be held at Calvary Baptist Church at 2 p.m. May 31, with Rev. Leonard Simms officiating and interment will be in Willow Pond Cemetery with the Baum-Carlock-Bumgarder Funeral Home in charge of arrangement.

He died May 29, at 6:30 p.m. at his home. He had been ill for the past five years.

He was born January 25, 1886 in Leonard, Texas and he was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Free will Baptist Church.

He was married March 28, 1907 to Lela M. Fulfer in Purcell, Okla., and has lived in Mineral Wells since 1907 except for a few years in Oklahoma.

He is survived by his wife; his mother, Mrs. Nancy J. Johnson, Waurika, Okla.; daughters, Mrs. Roy Franks, Walters, Okla.; Mrs. Christine Rogers, Mineral Wells; Mrs. Mary Mills, El Paso, Texas; sons, James W. Durham of Wichita Falls, and Clinton M. Durham, Mineral Wells; 17 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Loyd K. Ennis, Red Huddleston, Mike Huddleston, W. D. Gober, Hugh Walker, and Ott Andress.