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Official Obituary of

NETTIE RUTH WASHINGTON-DURR

July 5, 1956 ~ June 29, 2020 (age 63) 63 Years Old

NETTIE WASHINGTON-DURR Obituary

PASTOR NETTIE RUTH WASHINGTON DURR, 63, OF LAKELAND, FL WAS BORN TO WILLIE OLIVER ENGRAM AND BERNICE THREATS ENGRAM ON JULY 5, 1956, IN GENEVA, ALABAMA. SHE WAS ONE OF NINE CHILDREN BORN TO THIS UNION. SHE PASSED AWAY QUIETLY WITH HER FAMILY SURROUNDING HER.

SHE WORKED AT PUBLIX IN THE DELI DEPARTMENT FROM 1985 TO 1994. SHE WAS CALLED INTO THE MINISTRY IN 1994 AND IN 1996 FOUNDED SUNSHINE OF FAITH MINISTRY. PASTOR NETTIE SERVED AS PASTOR UNTIL HER PASSING.

SHE CAME TO LAKELAND IN 1960 FROM ALABAMA. PASTOR DURR WAS A MEMBER OF SUNSHINE DIVAS, GOD DID IT AND WAKE UP CALL, AND LASTLY, THE SUNSHINE FOOD BANK.

PASTOR DURR WAS MARRIED TO JAMES DURR FOR 20 YEARS.

SHE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS; HER SIBLINGS, LIZA ENGRAM, JOEL CATO, WILLIAM ENGRAM, LOUISE MCNEAL AND WILLIE EARL ENGRAM.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES AND MINISTRY: HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND, JAMES DURR; CHILDREN, SHAMERA BORDERS-JENNOT (KEVIN), LASHANNON WASHINGTON, SASHA LATIMOR; GRANDCHILDREN, DAKARRIUS WILLISON, SHAMARRI JENNOT, ADARIUS JENNOT AND RASHAN HARRIS; SIBLINGS, GERALDINE BRACKINS (EUTHREE), JOHNNY ENGRAM SR. (BESSIE), ANNIE RUTH ENGRAM AND ETTA MCSHAN (ERIC); SPECIAL NIECES, BRIDGETTE ENGRAM-MONTFORD AND DONNA ENGRAM; AND MANY SORROWING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CHURCH FAMILY.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES: HER 

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Services

Visitation
Friday
July 10, 2020

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Sunshine of Faith
1313 NOTTH COMBEE ROAD
LAKELAND, FL 33801

Celebration of Life
Saturday
July 11, 2020

10:00 AM
RHEMA WORD OF FAITH
3330 SKYVIEW DRIVE
LAKELAND, FL 33801

Committal
Saturday
July 11, 2020

1:00 PM
Oak HILL BURIAL PARK
4620 US HIGHWAY 98 S
Lakeland, FL 33812

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