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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Donnie Ray Durham
Donnie Ray
Durham
Dec 8, 1958 — Nov 15, 2018
Oakwood
Donnie Ray Durham's Obituary
Donnie Ray Durham, age 59 of Oakwood, Texas, passed away on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at the Veterans Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
SERVICE :
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018 @ 11:00 A.M.
Butler Center; E. E. Wheat Center
1604 FM 489E
Fairfield, Texas 75840
Elder R. C. Emanuel, Officiant
Rev. Larry Raven, Eulogist
INTERMENT :
LONE STAR CEMETERY
Oakwood, Texas
VIEWING :
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 from 10:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M.
Emanuel Funeral Home - Palestine
1721 W. Oak St.
Palestine, Texas 75801
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EMANUEL FUNERAL HOME - PALESTINE IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
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Donnie Ray Durham was born December 8, 1958 to Bertha and General Durham as the eighth of 13 children. He was raised in the Oakwood-Butler Community and graduated from Oakwood High School. He attended Cedar Valley College, Mountain View College, and also San Diego Community College.
Donnie accepted Christ as His Lord and Savior and was was a member at Lakeport Church of God In Christ. He later became of member of Lone Star Baptist Church.
Donnie married Cheryl Lusk and to that union one child was born, Donnie Ray Durham, Jr. Later he married Burnett Sandifer and to that union two children were born, Sandie and Jordan Durham.
He united the military and served honorably. He worked for Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Alloy Polymers.
Donnie loved music, it was his passion. He loved the Lord, family and friends. God loved him more. All of his suffering is over, the battle is the Lord's everything on this earth is the Lords.
On November 15, 2018 at the V.A. Hospital in Dallas, Texas, Donnie's hard working hands were called to rest. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bertha and General Durham; son, Donnie Ray Durham, Jr.; Grandparents, Love and Bessie Henry, Sylvester Durham and Callie Woodard; brother-in-laws, Horace Sapp, Eddie Jones, John Mims and Robert Lewis.
Loving survivors: wife, Burnett Sandifer, Palestine, Texas; son, Jordan Durham, Palestine, Texas; daughter, Sandie Durham, Nacogdoches, Texas; brothers, General Durham (Derenda) Oakwood, Texas, Jerry Durham (Rhonda) Palestine, Texas, Lester Durham (Katherine), Tony Durham (Rae-Nita), Donald Durham, all of Oakwood, Texas; sisters, Gennelle Mosley, Dallas, Texas, Brenda Sapp, Oakwood, Texas, Hellen Durham-Jones, Oakwood, Texas, Cathey Lewis, Houston, Texas, Mary Mims, Oakwood, Texas, Anna L. Durham (Tommy Bailey), Oakwood, Texas, Terri Abrams (Wayne), Oakwood, Texas; two aunts, Helen Durham, Dallas, Texas, Mary Durham, Fort Worth, Texas; one grandchild, Donnie Durham III; mother-in-law, Ms. Pauline Sandifer. A host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
SERVICE :
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2018 @ 11:00 A.M.
Butler Center; E. E. Wheat Center
1604 FM 489E
Fairfield, Texas 75840
Elder R. C. Emanuel, Officiant
Rev. Larry Raven, Eulogist
INTERMENT :
LONE STAR CEMETERY
Oakwood, Texas
VIEWING :
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2018 from 10:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M.
Emanuel Funeral Home - Palestine
1721 W. Oak St.
Palestine, Texas 75801
=========================================================
EMANUEL FUNERAL HOME - PALESTINE IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
======================================================
Donnie Ray Durham was born December 8, 1958 to Bertha and General Durham as the eighth of 13 children. He was raised in the Oakwood-Butler Community and graduated from Oakwood High School. He attended Cedar Valley College, Mountain View College, and also San Diego Community College.
Donnie accepted Christ as His Lord and Savior and was was a member at Lakeport Church of God In Christ. He later became of member of Lone Star Baptist Church.
Donnie married Cheryl Lusk and to that union one child was born, Donnie Ray Durham, Jr. Later he married Burnett Sandifer and to that union two children were born, Sandie and Jordan Durham.
He united the military and served honorably. He worked for Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Alloy Polymers.
Donnie loved music, it was his passion. He loved the Lord, family and friends. God loved him more. All of his suffering is over, the battle is the Lord's everything on this earth is the Lords.
On November 15, 2018 at the V.A. Hospital in Dallas, Texas, Donnie's hard working hands were called to rest. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bertha and General Durham; son, Donnie Ray Durham, Jr.; Grandparents, Love and Bessie Henry, Sylvester Durham and Callie Woodard; brother-in-laws, Horace Sapp, Eddie Jones, John Mims and Robert Lewis.
Loving survivors: wife, Burnett Sandifer, Palestine, Texas; son, Jordan Durham, Palestine, Texas; daughter, Sandie Durham, Nacogdoches, Texas; brothers, General Durham (Derenda) Oakwood, Texas, Jerry Durham (Rhonda) Palestine, Texas, Lester Durham (Katherine), Tony Durham (Rae-Nita), Donald Durham, all of Oakwood, Texas; sisters, Gennelle Mosley, Dallas, Texas, Brenda Sapp, Oakwood, Texas, Hellen Durham-Jones, Oakwood, Texas, Cathey Lewis, Houston, Texas, Mary Mims, Oakwood, Texas, Anna L. Durham (Tommy Bailey), Oakwood, Texas, Terri Abrams (Wayne), Oakwood, Texas; two aunts, Helen Durham, Dallas, Texas, Mary Durham, Fort Worth, Texas; one grandchild, Donnie Durham III; mother-in-law, Ms. Pauline Sandifer. A host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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