Durwood Franklin James
December 12, 1933
March 10, 2022
Funeral Service
Monday, March 14, 2022
7:00 PM
Serenity Funeral Home, Beulaville
with visitation from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Graveside Service
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
1:00 PM
James Cemetery, Wallace
on the Lightwood Bridge Rd.
Cypress Creek, NC
Durwood Franklin James, age 88, died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at home. He is preceded in death by his parents, Walter Raleigh and Lizzie Thompson James; brothers, Juan James, Norwood James, Butler James, Raleigh James; and sisters, Lillian James, Norma Lee James, Ferdelia James, and Gladys James.
Durwood had a sweet, kind, and gentle heart. He was always joking and making people laugh. He loved his family and friends deeply. Some of his greatest joys in life were helping others, spending time outdoors, gardening and working at his lifelong career of painting. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends, he made hearts smile, he was loved.
Mr. James is survived by his wife, Edna Baily James of Cypress Creek; daughter, Ann James Tripp of Grifton, son Ernie Ray James, Sr. of Cypress Creek, daughter, Dianne Jones of Kinston; sons, Raymond Eugene Grady of FL, Donald Grady of Greenville; sisters Grace Whaley of Cypress Creek, Rachel Bell of SC, Zannie Ruth Brown of Rocky Point; three grandchildren, Kimberlea Tripp Vick and husband Thomas, Michelle Bell and husband Billy, Ernie James Jr.; and six great grandchildren, Elin Grace Vick, Mila Faith Vick, Brady Daniels, Mason Bell, Bentley Bell, and Reagan James.
