Wilmer "Buddy" Durham Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Wilmer "Buddy" Durham 90, of Ridgecrest, LA. will be 11am Saturday October 31, 2015 at Comer Funeral Home Ferriday, LA. with Rev. Don Tate officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Comer Funeral Home Ferriday. Mr. Durham was a Veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II. He was a member of the 17th Airborne Division. He participated in the campaigns in Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe and the Battle of the Bulge. He received the Bronze Star, the American Theatre of Operations Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Arrowhead, and the World War II Victory Medal. He was a lifelong member of the Ferriday Church of Christ. He loved to camp, travel, fish and hunt . He was our local Bee Keeper. He loved his family and they were dear to his heart. He was a good father, brother, but also friend to many. He will surely be missed by all that knew him Mr. Durham was born March 16, 1925 in Urania, LA. to the union of Thomas Jefferson and Mary McDonald Durham and passed from this life October 28, 2015 at his daughter Patricia Poole's residence in Monterey, LA. Mr. Durham was preceded in death by his parents Thomas and Mary Durham, his wife Helen Aldridge Durham, brothers J. D. Durham, Raymond Durham, Farris Durham, Samson Durham, sisters Marie Durham Bruno, Ruth Durham Garner and Lois Durham Rogers. Survivors include his children James R. Durham and wife Lynn of Peyton, Colorado; Ferris L. Durham and wife Wanda of Ridgecrest, LA.; Brenda Durham Taylor and husband Ford of Sugar Land, Texas; Patricia Durham Poole and husband Tim of Monterey, LA.; grandchildren Michael, Cherie, Kris, Tyson, Felissa, Amanda, Sam, Jesse, Rebecca, and Alanna; 21 great-grandchildren; two brothers Clarence Durham of Jena, LA. and D.L. Durham of Urania, LA. and many nieces , nephews and friends. Pallbearers will be Mike Durham, Tyson Durham, Ford Taylor, Glenn Micheau, Robert Durham and Michael Durham. Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Martin and Josh Silberman and Nathan Nause. Friends may call for visitation after 6pm till 8pm Friday October 30, 2015 at Comer Funeral Home Ferriday, LA. Online guestbook at comerfh.com

Wilmer "Buddy" Durham

March 16, 1925 - October 28, 2015

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