Durham, Ruby Bartlett 
  	
PARIS -- Ruby Bartlett Durham, 87, of Longview, formerly of 
Paris, died at 11:40 a.m. Thursday, December 21, 2006, at 
Haven Care Nursing Home in Longview. Funeral services are 
set for 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 23, 2006, at the chapel 
of Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bill Felts 
officiating. A private burial will be held in Evergreen 
Cemetery. Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home is in charge of the 
arrangements. Mrs. Durham was born December 14, 1919, in the 
Cunningham Community of Lamar County, to Randall and Hopie 
Rosser Bartlett. She married James David Durham Sr. on August 
5, 1941, in Paris. He preceded her in death on July 8, 1988. 
Mrs. Durham was a homemaker and longtime member of the First 
Baptist Church of Paris. She was preceded in death by one 
daughter, Ruby Jean Durham; two sons, Jerry D. Durham and 
James D. Durham Jr.; a granddaughter, Rachel Durham; and six 
brothers and sisters. Mrs. Durham is survived by four children, 
Robert Owen Durham and wife, Mary of Longview, Barbara Gayle 
Hughes and husband, David of Brownsboro, Harvey E. Durham and 
wife, Xenia of Longview, and William Andrew Durham and wife, 
Susan of Houston; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 
one sister, Dorothy Donwerth and husband, Buddy of Richardson; 
a special family friend, Danny Snyder of Atlanta, Ga.; and 
numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 
immediately following the services in the parlor of the 
funeral home. Online condolences may be made to the Durham 
Family by visiting www.fry-gibbs.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/23/2006.