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Elizabeth Durr Word - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal January 25, 1995

Services for Elizabeth Durr Word were held at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, 1995, at First Baptist Church in 
Tallulah with the Rev. John Rushing officiating. Burial was conducted at Memorial Park Cemetery with 
Crothers Glenwood Funeral Home in Tallulah in charge.

Mrs. Word died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1995, at Richland Parish Hospital near Delhi, La. She was 50.

She was a native of Madison Parish and had lived in Tallulah most of her life. She was a secretary at 
the Tallulah Vocational School and was a member of First Baptist Church.

She is survived by two sons, Michael Word of Baton Rouge, La., and Lane Word of Tallulah; her mother, 
Cleo Durr of Waverly, La., five brothers, Wayland Durr and Aubrey Durr, both of Monroe, La., James Durr 
of Springfield, Mo., Larry J. Durr of Waverly and Ralph Durr of Baton Rouge; two sisters, 
Loretta "Polly" Rundell of Winnsboro and Bonita York of Waverly.

Pallbearers were Lynn Vines, Shorty Erwin, Jerry Fairbanks, Harold Wooden, Carl Williamson and Tom Waters.

Honorary pallbearers were Rodney Durr and Clint Durr.