Miriam Addie Brown DuRant, 84, Hartwell, GA, joined her husband Billy in God's Heavenly Kingdom on Friday, February 5, 2016. She passed away while in Lawton, OK where she was on an extended visit with her sons and daughters-in-law.

A memorial service will be held at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Hartwell, GA and she will be buried with Billy in the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA. Local arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home with no services scheduled locally.

She was born January 24, 1932 on her family's farm in Hartwell to Raymond Clyde and Lou Addie Peek Brown. Miriam grew up loving animals, family, friends and God. She attended Sardis School, graduated from Hart County High School and attended North Georgia College. She married LT Billy Covington DuRant in 1950, and served her family, the US Army and her country for nearly thirty years as an active and dedicated military wife.

Miriam joins in Heaven not only Billy, but her mother and father, her brother Zack and many other family members and dear friends.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law; Donald and Zoe DuRant of Lawton, OK, Brian and Maureen DuRant of Medicine Park, OK, her grandson Zack DuRant and his wife Stephanie, a great granddaughter Zosia Miriam of Atlanta, GA and her grandson Colin DuRant of San Francisco, CA.

The family requests that memorial gifts be made to Cornerstone Baptist Church in Hartwell, GA.