Arthur Hugh DURR

Arthur Hugh DURR, (s/o William Rufus DURR & Lucindy Melvina DYKES), b. 14 Mar 1896 in Marthaville, Natchitoches, LA, d. 11 Sept 1959 in Natchitoches, Natchitoches, LA, bur. Beulah Methodist Church-Natchitoches Pr., LA. He married (1) 11 Sept 1916 in Tarrant Co., TX, divorced Edith Rebecca LANGFORD (d/o John Francis LANGFORD & Sarah Elizabeth RITCHEY), b. 23 Oct 1902 in Hunt Co., TX, d. 8 Jul 1975 in Greenville, Hunt, TX, bur. Memoryland Cemetery-Greenville, Hunt, TX. He married (2) 2 Dec 1937 in Coushatta, Red River, LA, Lossie E. D. WILLIAMSON, (d/o John T. WILIAMSON & Florence Melissa POWELL), b. 21 Feb 1915 in Winn Pr., LA, d. 4 Oct 2003 in Dry Prong, Grant, LA.

Children of Arthur Hugh DURR & Edith Rebecca LANGFORD:

  1. Lula DURR, b. 5 Apr 1918 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 5 Apr 1918 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, bur. Beulah Methodist Church-Natchitoches Pr., LA.
  2. Bernice Cletus DURR, b. 31 Mar 1919 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 10 Apr 2005, bur. 13 Apr 2005 in Memoryland Cemetery-Greenville, Hunt, TX. She married 26 Nov 1937 in Greenville, Hunt, TX, John Lee PICKARD, (s/o James Monroe PICKARD & Rena E. ADKISSON), b. 7 Jan 1913 in Quinlan, Hunt, TX, d. 8 Mar 1998 in Greenville, Hunt, TX.
  3. Merle Nadine DURR, b. 15 Jun 1921 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 23 Mar 2002 in Greenville, Hunt, TX, bur. Memoryland Cemetery-Greenville, Hunt, TX. She married (1) 15 Oct 1938, Lowell Reid McMICHAEL, (s/o Woodfin Grady McMICHAEL & Lela Lola REID), b. 16 Jan 1912 in Naples, Morris, TX, d. 18 Jun 1994, bur. Wilder Cemetery-Naples, Morris, TX. She married (2) Eugene Richard SEIBERT, (s/o Herbert A. SEIBERT & Mary S. RILEY), b. 24 Jun 1918 in Kansas, d. 15 Aug 1976 in Lackland AFB, Bexar Co., TX, bur. Sweetwater, Nolan, TX. She married (3) Garnette DANEWOOD, (s/o Isaac D. DANEWOOD & Edna ?), b. 20 Sept 1913 in Hunt Co., TX, d. Oct 1986 in Greenville, Hunt, TX.
  4. Arthur Hugh DURR, Jr., b. 26 Jul 1923 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 8 Jul 2016 in Katy, Harris, TX. He married 2 May 1946 in Greenville, Hunt, TX, Kathryn Aleene McCARTY, (d/o V. Frazier McCARTY & Bessie Lee DURHAM), b. 22 Apr 1927 in Celeste, Hunt, TX, d. 30 Oct 2009 in Longview, Gregg, TX, bur. Lakeview Memorial Gardens-Longview, Gregg, TX.
  5. Raymond Arle DURR, b. 27 Jul 1925 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 28 Dec 1956 in Yokota AFB, Japan, bur. Restland Cemetery-Sulphur Springs, Hopkins, TX. He married 15 Apr 1946 in Dallas, Dallas, TX, Bobbie Sue MEDLEY, b. 18 Sept 1926 in TX, d. 28 Mar 2005 in Sulfur Springs, Hopkins, LA.
  6. Billy Ray DURR, b. 25 Feb 1929 in Quinlan, Hunt, TX, d. 8 Nov 2005 in Garland, Dallas, TX, bur. Rockwall Co., TX. He married (1) 1945, Corine MONDELLO, b. 192?. He married (2) 21 Oct 1951, in Little River Co., AR, Wanda Joye HALES (d/o James Frank HALES & Eva Beatrice EASLEY), b. 21 Oct 1931 in Hunt Co., TX, d. 18 Oct 2014, bur. Rest Haven Memorial Park-Rockwall, Rockwall, TX.
  7. Shirley Jean DURR, b. 7 Jul 1934 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 10 Feb 2014 in Plano, Collin, TX. She married 13 Nov 1950 in Ashdown, Little River, AR, Roy Walton PERRY (s/o Lloyd Perry & Nellie Ussery), b. 24 Jul 1926 in Cash, Hunt, TX, d. 19 Jan 2003 in Garland, Dallas, TX.

Children of Arthur Hugh DURR & Lossie E. D. WILLIAMSON:

  1. Iris G. DURR, b. 17 May 1939 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 3 Dec 2022 in Jonesboro, Jackson, LA, bur. in Dry Prong Cemetery-Dry Prong, Grant, LA. She married 25 Nov 1958 in Natchitoches Pr., LA (57/225), Thomas Dwain CREED, (s/o Shelton Elmo CREED & Helen HARLAN), b. 4 Aug 1937 in Mansfield, Desoto, LA, d. 27 Jan 2023 in Alexandria, Rapides, LA, bur. in Dry Prong Cemetery-Dry Prong, Grant, LA.
  2. Robert Wayne DURR, b. 12 Jan 1941 in Natchitoches Pr., LA, d. 21 Feb 2013 in Jackson, Hinds, MS, bur. Old Whitefield Cemetery-Sturgis, Oktibbeha, MS. He married (1) Jimmie Carol STILL, b. 7 Jun 1939 in Sardis, Panola, MS, d. 12 Oct 2007 in Tupelo, Lee, MS, bur. Magnolia Cemetery-Batesville, Panola, MS. He married (2) Patricia KINNARD.*
  3. David R. DURR *

* Information on living persons omitted.

Children of first marriage      Second wife
Children of first marriage:
Bernice, Merle, Arthur Jr.,
Raymond, Billy
     Arthur & second wife, Lossie


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(Last edited: 2/19/2023)

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