Patricia “Pat” Holden Durley, 65, of Tifton died Monday, June 10, 2013, at Rehabilitation Services of South Georgia. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 14, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Gary Cadwell will officiate with burial to follow in Lawrence Cemetery. William Dillard, Jamie Dillard, Billy Dillard, Sheriff Gene Scarborough, Jeff Dixon and Ronnie Dillard will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Clara Taylor, Linda Chitwood, Brenda Jessie, Jean Simpson, Evelyn Phillips, Rosemary Hightower and Linda Johnson. The family will receive friends on Thursday, June 13, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The family will be meeting at 281 Lower Brookfield Road in Tifton.
Mrs. Durley was born on June 23, 1947 in Colquitt County and was the daughter of Robert M. Holden and Beatrice Henderson Holden, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Horace Jefferson Durley, who died in 2011; two step-sons; one sister; and one brother. She was retired from Tifton Textiles and Diversified Industries. She was a member of Brookfield Baptist Church.
Mrs. Durley is survived by one son, Don Dillard of Tifton; one step-daughter, Denise Durley of Louisiana; one brother, David Holden of Chula; two sisters, Lena Gray of Tifton and Grace Thompson of Ty Ty; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.