Extracted from the Pine Bluff Commercial (Pine Bluff, AR)
Robert Durham
Robert C. ``Bull'' Durham, 78, of 8907 Old Warren Road, died August 19, 1998 at his home.
He was born on June 3, 1920, at Pine Bluff, a son of the late W. C. and Grace Rice Durham.
He was raised and received his education at Pine Bluff, graduating from Pine Bluff High School in 1939. He was a carman for Cotton Belt Railroad for 41 years, retiring in 1981. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and was a lifelong resident of Pine Bluff. He was a member of Watson Chapel Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Thomas Durham, who died in 1922, and J. W. ``Jack'' Durham, who died in 1995.
Survivors include his wife, Kittie Henderson Durham, whom he married on November 1, 1946, at Pine Bluff; a son, Robert M. Durham of Huttig; two daughters, Kathy Durham Reed of Pine Bluff and Grace Durham Kirkpatrick of Hope; three sisters, Adeline Durham of Shreveport, Ann Durham McCreary of Las Cruces, New Mexico and Mary Durham Lohr of Saratoga, California; two grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors with the Rev. M. L. Faler officiating. Burial will be in Brown Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Jefferson Regional Medical Center Hospice, 1515 West 42nd Avenue, Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71603.
Friday, August 21, 1998