Ruth Wilson Durham, 95, a resident of Durham and former resident of Greensboro passed away on Thursday March 24, 2016. Ruth was born May 4, 1920 in Rockingham, the daughter of Pressley and Emma Watkins Wilson. She was a member of Gate City Baptist Church.
Ruth was married to Floyd Tillett Durham who preceded her in death on October 18, 1994. She was also preceded in death by a son, Floyd G. Durham; three sisters, Ethel W. Price, Margaret W. Harvell, Bertie W. Thomas and two brothers, Donald Wilson and Pressley Wilson, Jr.
Surviving are her daughters, Jean D. Norwood of Durham, Norma Faye Newell and husband Clyde of Clover, SC, Jolyn Carraway and husband Bill of Charlotte; sons, R. V. Durham of Winston-Salem, James K. Shaw and wife Toni of Hoover, AL, David Durham and wife Judy of Gastonia, John Durham and wife Debbie of Marietta, GA; sisters, Lydia W. Pratt of Roanoke Rapids, Patsy Wilson of Rockingham; 15 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home Sedgefield Chapel conducted by Reverend Chan Shaver and Ken Newell. Entombment will follow at Guilford Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday from 1:00 p.m. until service time.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in Ruth’s memory to Amedisys Hospice, 220 New Fidelity Ct., Garner, NC 27529
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