EARL E. DURHAM

Earl Edward Durham, 75, 1441 Perry, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born Jan. 7, 1920, in Thebes, Ill., son of Gilbert and Annie Bass Durham. He and Rose Matlock were married Feb. 11, 1950, in Piggott, Ark.

Durham worked for the U.S. Forest Service 38 years, retiring in July 1979 in Jonesboro, Ill. He was a member of the Methodist church.

He had lived in the Elco and McClure, Ill., and Delta communities, moving to Cape Girardeau in 1980.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Jeff Durham of McClure; two daughters, Angela Johnson of Whitewater, Nancy Rial of Tulsa, Okla.; two sisters, Coleen Cain and Virginia Kaufman of Tamms, Ill., and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today.

Graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at St. John's Cemetery in Dongola, Ill. The Rev. Raymond Oxford will officiate.