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Willie & Terrie Durham Love, Patience, Compromise
This month’s cover profile is a couple who has accomplished much since moving back to Montgomery nearly 20 years ago. Willie and Terrie Durham have been married for 36 years and after completing a career in the US Marines, Willie and Terrie moved back to Montgomery, where Willie launched his State Farm Insurance career with the encouragement of his wife. They now work together in their State Farm Agency, Terrie managing the office while Willie manages the sales. They are committed to their church, their business, and their community. Willie has served in various organizations including the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce and the Montgomery Sunrise Rotary. It was a pleasure to get to know Willie and Terrie and we think you’ll enjoy getting to know them too. BOOM!: Please give us a brief biography, i.e. where you’re from, what led you to the Montgomery area, careers, marriage, family, etc.?
graduation from Jeff Davis, I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.
Willie and Terrie: I’m originally from Montgomery and grew up in public housing in Gibbs Village, raised by Willie and Terrie cutting their wedding cake both Parents. My Mom worked as a cook at Varon’s your State Farm Restaurant for approximately 20 years Insurance Agency and when they closed she worked at in 2005. Describe ALFA in the Cafeteria for about 20 years the process of until retiring to take care of my father. launching your new My father worked for approx 48 years business? Why at A/C Construction until he had to insurance? retire due to his health. Terrie’s mother worked various factory jobs, JP Stevens Willie and Terrie: and Brockway Glass until retiring to After retiring open her own Home Day Care business. from the Marines, Her Father worked various factory Terrie thought jobs Coca Cola, Rheem and Cummings I would do well Engine shop before retiring. After in the insurance
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BOOM!: Willie, after spending 20 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, you returned to Montgomery and soon after started
industry, she worked as an insurance underwriter for Southern Guaranty insurance. She had an opportunity to interact with a lot of agents throughout the state of Alabama and she thought my background in the Marines, my experience in sales and my discipline would allow me to do well in the insurance industry. So she was very instrumental in supporting me and encouraging me to go into the insurance industry. BOOM!: Willie and Terrie, please describe the many services your State Farm Agency offers and some of the important benefits your clients receive? What does the future look like for you and your company?
Terrie and Willie, a day at the State farm Agency
Willie and Terrie: State Farm Insurance has a lot of products to provide its clients. At the Willie Durham
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