AUDREY JEANETTE ALBRITTON
(Mrs. Carl Hiram Durrance)
(c 1931 – 23 JAN 1951)

Thursday, January 11, 1951 - - Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Durrance both are in Flagler hospital in St. Augustine suffering from burns sustained early today when a stove exploded in their home.

Mrs. Audrey Durrance, 21-year­old wife and mother is in critical condition and may not live. Mr. Durrance, 30 years old, is in seri­ous condition but not critical, it was reported here by members of the family.

Their 30-months-old baby girl, Connie, was burned only slightly and is considered unhurt.

From information obtainable, it is concluded that Mrs. Dur­rance attempted to start a fire in a stove with either kerosene or gasoline, setting off the explosion that injured the family and burned the Durrance home and contents to the ground. The couple lived a few miles inside the St. Johns County line north of Bunnell and west of U. S. Highway 1.

Although suffering from severe burns, Mr. Durrance put his wife in a truck and took her to the highway where a friend carried the couple to the hospital.

Doctors who attended Mrs. Dur­rance sent word to residents of Flagler county that a lot of blood is needed to replace that taken from the Flagler County Bank to give to Mrs. Durrance. Volunteers are urgently needed, it was said.

Mrs. Durrance's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Albritton who live at Bowling, Green, Florida, were contacted through the Florida Patrol with Patrolman N. N. Kavouklis here making the con­tacts.

Mr. Durrance's parents live here.

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Thursday, January 25, 1951 - - Mrs. Audrey Jeanette Durrance, wife of Hiram Durrance, of Moul­trie, died in Flagler hospital about five o'clock Tuesday morning as a result of burns she sustained when a heater exploded at her home on January 11.

Mr. and Mrs. Durrance had resided in Flagler County until about three months ago when they moved to Moultrie. Mrs. Durrance was 20 years old and a member of the Baptist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Carl Hiram Durrance and a daughter, Connie of Moultrie; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Al­britton of Bowling Green, Fla.; and four brothers, Lloyd Albritton, Fort Myers, Donald and Ronald of Bowling Green, and Robert Albritton who is serving with the U. S. Army in Germany. Garcia Funeral Home' in St. Augustine was in charge of the funeral arrangements and the body was sent to Wachula Wednesday where it will remain until the funeral hour this afternoon.

Funeral services will be held in Bowling Green this afternoon' at three o'clock with burial following in the family lot there.

THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida