Mr. Jesse D. Durmon Jr. "J.D."

Jesse was born on May 17, 1933 in Atlanta, Texas to parents Jesse David Durmon Sr. and Minnie Agnes (Chamblee) Durmon and entered into eternal rest on August 22, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 86, due to many health complications. Jesse was a man who loved to work with his hands. He was a sandblaster, painter and self-taught mechanic. He worked in many locations throughout Texas and Arkansas with Brown and Root Construction Co. and other companies. Jesse also spent some time doing geology mapping all around Athens, in search of gas veins in the 50’s. Which brought him to the Athens area. He met and married Clara Belle McGuire and they had six beautiful children.

Jesse was preceded in death by his mother Minnie Agnes Chamblee, father Jesse D. Durmon Sr., daughter Teresa Jo Durmon, daughter Kimberly Sue Durmon, son Danny Harold Durmon and grandson Jesse Durmon.

He is survived by his sister Louise Russell Cauley of Queen City, Texas, son Vernon (Skip) L. Durmon of Elm Mott, Texas, son Michael Wesley Durmon and wife Kathy of De Leon, Texas, daughter Pamela I. Kalil and husband Eddie of Cibolo, Texas, grandchildren; Katie Durmon, Kimberly Durmon, Sommer Davis, Hollie Weis, Eric Durmon, Tracy Daniels and husband Scott, Wesley Durmon and wife Michelle, Christina Hollingworth and husband Stuart, Tatiana Bendall and husband Andrew and Eddie Kalil and wife Jesmarie, twenty seven great-grandchildren, other loving family members and many more lifelong friends.