Jimmy "Bone" Durham

Kornerstone Funeral Directors 201 W. Broadway Tulia, Texas 79088 806.995.1701 806.995.1704(fax) April 24, 2015 Tulia, Texas—Jimmy “Bone” Durham, 72, died Thursday, April 23, 2015 in Kress, Texas. A visitation will be held before the service at 4:00 pm at the First Baptist Church in Kress, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 5:00 pm Saturday, April 25, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Kress, Texas with Will Fish and Joy Moore, officiating. Burial will follow in Kress Cemetery under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Tulia. Jimmy was born on January 2, 1943 in Tulia, Texas to Jim and Ester Durham. He attended Kress High School where he graduated in May of 1961. He married the love of his life Carolyn on May 20, 1961. They had ran off and tried to elope in February of 1961. They made it all the way to Roswell, NM and stopped at Carolyn’s aunt’s house. Her aunt called her parents and told them what they had done and her father’s exact words were; “They can either go home or go to jail,” so they went home, then had a church wedding in Edmonson First Baptist Church. He loved to farm and was a farmer his whole life and he farmed with a Red International Tractor, not green. He loved and adored his grandchildren and great grandchildren and they were very special to him. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Kress where he was an usher for many years. He loved to travel and go camping when he could and he loved to be out in his barn. His barn was the meeting place when his friends came over. He loved to have a get together whether it was a family gathering or just friends. John Wayne and the Triple Crown winning horse Secretariat were his heroes. He was an avid Texas Longhorn fan and he had to watch all the games together with his grandson Lance. He is survived by his wife: Carolyn of Kress; one daughter: Rhonda Obenhaus and husband Rodger of Amarillo; one son: Kyle Durham of Amarillo; one brother: Royce Durham of Kress; four sisters: Doris Suddeth of Wyoming, Darlene Bain of Edmonson, Nelda Hardin of Lubbock and Donna Korchenko of Lubbock; four grandchildren: Lance Obenhaus of Plainview, Lindsay Milloy and husband Mark of Copan Oklahoma, Lani Johnston and husband Drew of Hart and Luke Obenhaus of Lubbock and four great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents: Jim and Ester Durham and one grandson: Landon Kyle Obenhaus. The family would like to send a special thank you to Area Community Hospice of Plainview and Calvert Home Health of Plainview. Memorials may be made out to the Ronald McDonald House of Amarillo at 1501 Street Drive, Amarillo Texas 79106.