Mrs. Willie Pearl Duran

May 3, 1927 - April 5, 2013

Mrs. Willie Pearl Duran, 85, passed away on April 5, 2013, at the Winston County Medical Center Nursing Home in Louisville, Mississippi. Visitation will be Sunday, April 7, 2013, from 1 p.m. until service time at Hight Assembly of God Church in Noxapater, Mississippi. . Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at Hight Assembly of God Church, with Rev. Toby Halfacre officiating. Interment will follow in Hight Assembly of God Church Cemetery in Noxapater, Mississippi. Mrs. Duran was born on May 3, 1927, to Elmer and Lessie Mae Kelly. She was a member of Hight Assembly of God Church and a homemaker. Mrs. Duran is survived by her husband of 65 years, William W. Duran, of Noxapater; her daughter, Maxine Duran Luke and husband, Larry, of Madison, Mississippi; and her son, Larry Duran and wife, Frances, of Noxapater. She is also survived by two grandsons, William Stacy Luke and Michael Ryan Luke and wife, Leilani; and by her great-grandchild, Eli A. Luke. She is preceded in death by her parents; a sister; eight brothers; and a grandchild, James Everett Duran. Serving as pallbearers will be Terry Kelley, Paul Kelley, Billy Kelley, Jimmy Kelley, Randall Kelley, Rodney Kelley, L. D. Kelley, Jr., Tony Kelley, Ryan Luke and Stacy Luke. Memorials may be given to Hight Assembly of God Family Life Center Building Fund, 105 Hight-Moore Road, Noxapater, MS 39346. Arrangements are under the direction of Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 N. Columbus Avenue, Louisville, MS. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family by signing the guest register at www.nowellmasseyfuneralhome.com.