Durham, Venita 

KILGORE -- Graveside services for Venita Durham, 82, of Kilgore, will be 4 p.m. 
Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at Kilgore Cemetery. Arrangements are by Rader Funeral 
Home of Kilgore. Mrs. Durham died Sunday, July 9, 2006, in Kilgore, Texas. She 
was born June 19, 1924, in West Carlisle, Texas. Venita attended Carlisle School 
and lived most of her life in the Kilgore, Overton and Arp area. Mrs. Durham 
worked many years as a waitress at the Country Tavern. She enjoyed hunting and 
fishing. Mrs. Durham is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Billie and 
Johnny Patterson of Kilgore; two sons, Bobby Wayne Foster and his wife, Carroll, 
of Houston, and Bill Foster of Kilgore; one brother, Sonny Moores of Arp; five 
grandchildren, Marty Wayne Patterson of Houston, John David Patterson of Kilgore, 
Ashlee Simmons of San Antonio, Chad Foster of Kilgore, and Christi Foster of 
Allentown, Pennsylvania; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. 
The family will receive friends between 6-7:30 p.m. this evening, July 10, 2006, 
at Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kilgore 
Crisis Center. Please leave online condolences at www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/10/2006.