Pontiac Daily Leader

Mrs. Lucy Ann Durham, 81, died at her home here Monday afternoon. She had been in poor health for the last seven years.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Raleigh J. Harris funeral home. The Rev. Ward Humphries of Watseka will officiate, assisted by the Rev, Hugh Ridlen. Burial will be in the Pontiac South Side cemetery.

She was born Oct. 14, 1862, in Wayne  county, the daughter of Lewis and Emaline Miller Williamson.  She married W.S. Durham Nov. 16, 1882, at Wayne county.

Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Lillian Alvis, Burlington, Ia.; Frank Drumrite, Okla.; Hubert, Potlatch, Ia.; Stanley, Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Florence Anderson, Mrs. Katie Howell, Mrs. Flo Vilven, Mrs. Ruth Moore, Henry, Judd, and Arthur, all of Pontiac; 27 grandchildren; a brother, John, Wayne City, Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Nancy Pennington, San Fernando, Calif.

She was preceded in death by her husband, a daughter and a sister. She was a member of the Christian church and the Rebekah lodge of Johnsonville, Ill.