On the recordApril 18, 1996
Mrs. Eula S. Durbin will long be remembered for her astute business instincts, for her willingness to take risks, and for her perseverance in the face of great uncertainty and adversity. I extend my condolences to her family in the wake of their loss. When they write about the seeds of Alabama's successful businesses, the gamble of Eula Sims Durbin will be recorded. Mrs. Durbin risked all of her personal savings in a move that helped build the poultry industry in both Alabama and the Southeast. Mrs. Durbin, who co-founded Marshall Durbin Cos. with her husband--the late Marshall Durbin Sr., died Thursday. She was 98. ``She worked to build this company and kept an active interest in it even in her 90s,'' said Pat Shea, a spokeswoman for Birmingham-based Marshall Durbin Companies, the nation's 10th largest poultry producer. Mrs. Durbin's place in Alabama's business history occurred as the Great Depression gripped Birmingham in the 1930s.
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