Helen “Crazy Helen” Virginia Durham

Helen “Crazy Helen” Virginia Durham passed away with loved ones surrounding her at age 84, Tuesday July 16th in Amarillo.

Services were held on July 19, 2019, in the First Baptist Church in Clarendon with Rev. Jim Fox, officiating.

Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.

Helen Durham was born in Wynee, Ark., on February 8, 1935, to Clarence and Ethline Brennecks Cox. Helen married Donald Dean Durham on March 10, 1967, in Sycamore, Illinois. They moved from Rockford, Illinois to Amarillo, Texas in 1968, where Helen worked at Owens Corning from 1979 to 1990 where she retired. After retirement in 1990, Helen and her love moved from Amarillo to Green Belt Lake. If Helen wasn’t fishing you could often find her in the kitchen, cooking for others, planning parties and fishing tournaments. Helen will always be remembered for her events, her spontaneous outrageous sense of humor and her ability to make others feel loved and welcomed.

Helen was preceded in death by her parents; son Michael Durham; brother Erval Colburn and sister Juanita Starnes; Son-in-law Bill Peterson and a granddaughter Chandace Ritchie.

Helen is survived by her husband Don Durham; a brother Larry and Phyllis Cox; three sons David and Trina Brown, Darrell and Nelda Durham, and Chris and Charlotte Durham; two daughters Pamela Peterson and Jami and Sonja Steadman Grandkids; Tiandra Stogsdill, Heath (Nick) and Diana Dykes, Mackenzie and Shane Brown, Blake Moore, Nathan and Daniell Moore, Whitney Moore, Addie Marcus, Angele and Chad Morgan, Gabrielle Smith, Matthew Lunsford, Chasity and Wade Husdon, Corey Ritchie, Chrislyn and Caden Farris, twenty-three great grandchildren.

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