Cleburne County AlArchives Obituaries.....Currie, Milledge Emory November 2, 1937
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Anniston Star
Milledge Emory Currie age 77, who was said to know every contour of Cleburne 
County better than any other citizen died at his residence on Delta, Route 1. at 
5 o'clock, yesterday afternoon. He had been ill only two days.  Funeral services 
will be held at Hepsebah Church at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning with the Rev. 
J R. Talley officiating. Interment will be in the Hepsebah Cemetery, directed hv 
Jones of Anniston. While living in a comparatively isolated part of Cleburne 
County with his family of five, Mr. Currie devoted his life to a study of the 
minerals and soils. He often was of service, to the government with information 
on mineral wealth he county. His knowledge of the woods caused many to compare 
him with the "scouts" of pioneer days, and his analyses of soils often were 
employed by land and investment companies of the state. Surviving are the wife, 
two sons. M. E. Currie, Jr. and Pink Currie, and two daughters, Misses Elizabeth 
and Sarah Currie all of Delta, Route 1. Pallbearers will be William Smith, 
Miller Wade, Robert Howell, A.P. Cheatwood, B. T. Adams and Howard Pruett.

Additional Comments:
He was the son of Wm Belton Currie & Martha Glymph.
He married 1. Mary Ardella Phillips, they had several children together and 
divorced before 1910. He married 2. Iona Taylor, they had three children. 


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