Rodney D. Durbin's Obituary
Funeral services for Rodney D. Durbin, 71, of Pitkin, Louisiana will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 9, 2012, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Pitkin with Rev. J.D. Ford officiating. Burial will follow in the Blue Branch Cemetery, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday, December 8th, at the funeral home and on Sunday, December 9th, from 12:30 p.m. until service time in the church.
Rodney, the son of Allen George and Mattie Rachel Foster Durbin was born August 21, 1941, in Oakdale, LA. He lost his battle with cancer on Thursday, December 6, 2012, with his loving family by his side.
Rodney was a native of Oakdale, LA, but lived most of his life in the Pitkin area. He was a Veteran of the U. S. Army. Mr. Durbin worked at Fort Polk in Pest Control and retired after 22 years of service. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Oakdale.
He was preceded in death by his son, Jeffrey Durbin.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gail Maddox Durbin of Pitkin; sons, Gregory Durbin and wife Sandy of Pitkin & Timothy Durbin & wife, Brandy of Lake Charles; daughter, Rhonda Gorman & husband, J.D., of Richmond, VA; brother, Glen Durbin of Ville Platte; sisters, Wilma Young of Port Arthur, TX & Gloria Roberts of New Llano; five grandchildren, Bailey, Ty, Abigail, Trent & Ella and one great grandchild, Quaid.
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