Elizabeth DURLEY

Abt 1919 - 2015  (96 years)

• Name	Elizabeth DURLEY  [1]
  Born	Abt 1919	Drew, Sunflower, MS, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Mar 2015	Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA   [3]
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I422	Boyd
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Benton Alvin DURLEY,   b. 19 Aug 1887, Tyro, Tate, MS, USA ,   d. 29 Oct 1972, Drew, Sunflower, MS, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Johnnie BECK,   b. Abt 1894, , , MS, USA
  Married	Abt 1914  [2]
  Family ID	F2951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jennings Pemble FIELD, Jr.,   b. 29 Dec 1920,   d. 17 Apr 1986, Germantown, Shelby, TN, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	Apr 1942  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Kate Elizabeth FIELD,   b. 16 Jun 1945,   d. 15 May 2018  (Age 72 years) + 2. Anna FIELD
  Headstones		Jennings Pemble & Elizabeth (Durley) Field
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2015
  Family ID	F298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1919 - Drew, Sunflower, MS, USA Died - 19 Mar 2015 - Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA Buried - - Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, TN, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  ELIZABETH D. FIELD Elizabeth D. Field, 96, of Germantown, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 19, 2015. A native of Drew, Mississippi, she was the daughter of Johnnie Beck Durley and Benton Alvin Durley. She attended Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, receiving a BS in Science. She was a member of Kappa Delta sorority, serving as President her senior year. While there, she met the love of her life, Jennings Pemble Field, Jr. (“Pem”). After he was severely wounded while aboard the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, they were married in April, 1942 and she became a Navy wife. After living in various cities, they settled in South Bend, Indiana where they lived a civilian life for many years before moving to Memphis. Elizabeth and Pem (deceased 1986) are survived by two daughters, Kate Elizabeth Boyd and Anna Ellis (Cato); four grandchildren, Will Boyd, Kara Nunn (Nick), Erin Avery (Chris), and Christopher Ellis (Paige); and nine great- grandchildren, Beth and Charles Boyd, Megan, Kristin and William Nunn, Anna Lee, Elizabeth and Ellis Avery, and Julia Ellis. Her long-time companion and caregiver, Beverly Wilburn, is also mourning her death. Elizabeth Field was a true southern lady and her many friends in Memphis, Germantown, and The Villages of Germantown will miss her greatly. Elizabeth volunteered for many years for her church, St. George’s Episcopal Church, and the Church Health Center. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to either of those organizations. Visitation will be held Saturday, March 21 at St. George’s Episcopal Church at 1 p.m., followed by the memorial service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial Park Funeral Home, "Behind the stone wall", 901-767-8930. Condolences may be offered at www.MemorialParkOnline.com Funeral Home Memorial Park Funeral Home & Cemetery 5668 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38119-0885 (901) 767-8930 Published in The Commercial Appeal from Mar. 20 to Mar. 26, 2015 [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S17] Tombstone Photograph, Tom Boyd. [S48] 1930 US Federal Census. [S1137] Obituary of Elizabeth D Field, (Memphis Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 20 March 2015).