DOVER - Albert Durham Sr., of Dover, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, surrounded by his family at Bayhealth Hospital, Dover. He was 80. He was born May 7, 1931, in Dover, to the late Minous Durham Sr. and Estella Pritchett Durham. At a young age he served in the United States Army during the Korean War. After the service he drove a truck for Spencer's Mill Feed Grinding Yard, Slaughters Beverage and a yard jockey for General Foods for many years. For the next 16 years, he and his two brothers, Daniel and Marshall Durham established their own business "A & D Painting." He loved gardening, traveling and spending time with his family and friends. Upon his retirement, he was well known for his roadside tractor and blue cart selling home grown vegetables in the community. For the past five years, he has been an avid churchgoer of the Immanuel United Methodist Church in Cheswold. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty "Bootsie" Durham in 2007. He is survived by his children, Albert Durham II and his wife Heike of Dover, Alberta Durham of Dover, Kathy Hagan and her husband Vernon of Crosby, Texas, and Minous "Mick" Durham and his wife Rosemary of Hartly; sister, Rachel Purnell Jackson of Dover; brothers, Daniel Durham and his wife Alverta, Marshall Durham and his wife Virginia, James Durham and his wife Doris, all of Dover, and Larry Durham of Georgia; grandchildren, Eric Durham, Christina Ewell and her husband Zeb, Jennifer Hagan, Samantha Hagan, Trey Hagan, Brandon Durham, Kamron Darling, and Aaron Durham; and great-grandchildren, Aidan Durham, Emily Rogers, Ava Ewell, and Ella Ewell. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Immanuel Union United Methodist Church, 756 Main Street, Cheswold. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday evening at Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road, Dover. Interment will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to Immanuel Union United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 309, Cheswold, DE 19936. Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook signed at www.torbertfuneral.com.