DURHAM, SONDRA F. - Gaines County, Texas | SONDRA F. DURHAM - Texas Gravestone Photos

Sondra F. DURHAM

Gaines County (aka Gaines County South) Cemetery
Gaines County,
Texas

Sondra F. Cooper Durham
February 21, 1943- January 24, 2025

Shared stone with Myrdise G.
Married Oct. 19, 1965

*Obituary
Funeral services for Sondra Durham, age 81 of Seminole, Texas, will be held Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at West Side Church of Christ with Brother Tom Keyes officiating and Brother Bernie Yedor assisting. Burial will follow at Gaines County Cemetery. All services are under the direction of Boyer Funeral Home.

Mrs. Durham was born on February 21, 1943 to Trulah (Patton) and Eston (Jack) Cooper. At two days old she went home to the JC and Fern Patton ranch ten miles west of Seminole. She attended schools in Seminole and soon moved next door to her soon-to-be husband; he says, "that was her big mistake." She married Myrdise Durham in Seminole on October 19, 1965. Together they raised three good men, Mark, Wayne, and Todd. She was a talented woman who loved working with her hands, doing needle work. She was a member of Seminole Quilting Club; with her lady friends they pieced and sewed together many masterpieces. She worked as a nurse at Seminole Hospital, and in medical records. She worked as the insurance clerk for the doctors at their clinics in Seminole; she also crocheted close to over 100 afghans and gave them away to all her friends. She learned to crochet by feel when macular degeneration started taking her sight. To sum it up, she was an amazing wife, life partner to her husband, strong woman, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many. Sondra will be greatly missed.

Sondra Durham gained her wings on the morning of January 24, 2025 and is now with God. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by one sister and two nephews. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Myrdise Durham of Seminole; three sons, Mark Durham and wife Jennifer of Chino, California, Wayne Durham and wife Ulla of Taylorsville, Mississippi, and Todd Durham and wife Jonette of Lubbock, Texas; her grandchildren, Morgan Smith and husband Tyler of Chino, California, Eric Durham and wife Laura of Chino, California, Shane Preston and wife Michelle of Bentonville, Arkansas, Tandi Allred of Denton, Texas, Brian Durham of Indianapolis, Indiana, Ashley Warner and husband Jacob of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, Cody Durham and wife Adrianna of Abilene, Texas, Abigail Durham, and Kate Durham, both of Vista, California, Brooke Cossey and husband Chris of Abernathy, Texas, Troy DeLauder of Valley Center, California; her great-grandchildren, Lilly, Nicole, Natalie, Violet, Tamara, Hunter, River, Hailey, Kaylee, Ella, Blair, and Sage, and yet another one will arrive in March of 2025. She is also survived by her extended family, Mark and Lana Deer and their children, Jessica, Blake Deer and wife Emma, Kelly and Mary Goldston, and numerous nieces and nephews, as well as a host of friends.

Published by Boyer Funeral Home.

Contributed on 2/5/25 by neldapat
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Submitted: 2/5/25 • Approved: 2/5/25 • Last Updated: 2/5/25 • R615191-G615191

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