Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthJun 18, 1915, Caswell County, North Carolina [1245]
Birth1916, North Carolina [31713]
DeathOct 31, 1990, Caswell County, North Carolina [31713], [28590], [31714]
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina [31713]
FatherWalter Harrison DURHAM (1890-1976)
MotherNannie Mills CHATHAM (1895-1944)
Spouses
BirthApr 18, 1924, Stokes County, North Carolina [28590]
DeathOct 20, 2013, Alamance County, North Carolina [28590]
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina [28590]
 Jerry Lee (1948-<2013)
Obituary Online notes for Sarah Ruth (Spouse 1)
10/21/2013

Sarah Ruth Sawyers Durham
   GIBSONVILLE — Sarah Ruth Sawyers Durham, 89, passed away Sunday, October 20, 2013 at the Hospice Home surrounded by her family and the hospice nurses. Ruth had been in failing health for one year. She was born in Stokes County to the late Orange Sawyers and the late Elizabeth Fagg Sawyers and was married to the late Fred Lee Durham who passed away in 1990. Ruth was a homemaker and a member of Bethlehem Christian Church.

   Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Ernestine and Donnie Chrismon of Brown Summit; son and daughter-inlaw, Frankie A. and Sherry Durham of Burlington; grandchildren and spouses, Steve and Romo Chrismon, Craig and Beverly Chrismon, Todd and Michelle Chrismon, Rita and Dale Parsons and Dustin Durham; eight great grandchildren; special nieces, Deanie Lee Marco, Pat Kylander and Malinda Key; daughterin-law, Sandra Dickey and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents ; son, Jerry Lee Durham;

   her twin brother, one brother, five half brothers and two half sisters.

   The funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Alamance Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm prior to the service and other times the family will be at the daughters’ home.

   Memorials may be made to Bethlehem Christian Church, 3003 Altamahaw Race Track Road, Elon, NC 27244 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 918 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215. You may sign the online register book at
www.  lowefuneralhome.com   [28590]
Last Modified May 24, 2020Created Sep 25, 2026 by Terry M. Whitesell, using Reunion for Macintosh
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