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Matthew Durham > William Lindsey Durham > Isaiah Durham > James Clinton Durham > James Burns Durham > Edmond Meadows Durham > Kenneth Ray Durham

Kenneth Ray DURHAM

Born: 18 Jan 1923, Columbus, ColoCtyTX
Died: 30 Oct 2000, Greenville, GreeCtySC
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Find-A-Grave 21462825, SC

Father: Edmond M. DURHAM

Mother: Jessie M. BAKER

Married:

20 Dec 1946,
Pittsburgh,

AlleCtyPA.

Mary Louise MEIXNER "Mary Lou"

Born: 17 Mar 1927, Pittsburgh, AlleCtyPA

Died: 4 Nov 2020, Nashville, DaviCtyTN

Find-A-Grave 3022022, SC

Father: John Edward MEIXNER

Mother: Eunice Madge CLOVIS

Children:

  1. Private
 
Notes:
  2. Private
 
Notes:
  3. Janet Cristine DURHAM (b. 27 Sep 1958, Odessa, EctoCtyTX; d. 1 Dec 2000, Nashville, DaviCtyTN3; Find-A-Grave 122819564)
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Notes:
  • Kenneth R. Durham was founder and owner of D&B Glass Inc. He was on the Founding Board of Southeastern Children's Home, Duncan, Spartanburg County, SC. He also was active in the production of the Greenville Singing Christmas Tree, District Governor of Toastmaster's International, and a member of Downtown Rotary Club for 35 years. He was also served his country during WWII. He enlisted in the U. S. Marines on Aug 16, 1942, and was released on Oct 5, 1945 4.  He was member and officer of C. S. I. and a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean War.
     

  • Mary Lou Durham's Obituary:
    Nashville, TN - Mary Louise (Mary Lou) Meixner Durham, 93, died November 4, 2020, in Nashville, TN.

    Mrs. Durham was born March 17, 1927, in Pittsburgh, PA. She was the daughter of the late John Edward Meixner and the late Madge Clovis Meixner. She attended Abilene Christian College, where she majored in music, and was a gifted flautist. She married her beloved husband the late Kenneth R. Durham, on December 20, 1946; they were married 53 years.

    Mrs. Durham was a devoted member of the Churches of Christ, actively serving several congregations alongside her husband who was a church elder many years. She was a lifelong Bible school teacher, and authored dozens of articles in Christian publications. She worked as the office manager of D&B Glass, Inc., a family-owned business in Greenville, SC. She is survived by her sons Ken Durham, Jr. and his wife, Nancy Magnusson Durham, of Nashville, TN; Alan Durham and his wife, Kelli Durham, of Houston, TX; and son-in-law, Tedd Kidd, of Nashville, TN.

    She was proud grandmother of Jennifer Durham-Fowler and her husband, Jeb Fowler, of Sherborn, MA; Gabriel Durham of Los Angeles, CA; Christopher Durham and his wife, Courtney, of Kingwood, TX; and Jonathan Durham and his wife, Carly, of Richmond, TX. She has eight great-grandchildren: Olin and Winslow Fowler; Abigail, Jackson and Penelope Durham; and Carter, Niyah and Audie Durham.

    She is predeceased by her daughter, Janet Durham Kidd and her brother, Clovis Meixner.

    A family graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, at Woodlawn Memorial Park, 1901 Wade Hampton Blvd, Greenville, SC, 29615. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
     

  • Page Sources:
    1. Personal experience of website author.

    2. Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002.

    3. Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014

    4. Dept. of Veterans Affairs BIRL Death File

  • ModLog:

    Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes
    24 Sep 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.
         

 

 

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