Washington-Laurens County GaArchives Obituaries.....William Clarence Curry May 16 1943
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W. C. Curry RITES HELD
Prominent Laurens Man Had Been Ill Three Years
Funeral Services for William C. Curry, prominent resident of the (?) and 
Bethselda cummunity, were held this afternoon at five o'clock, (?) at the 
Christian Church, with interment in Northview cemetery. The Rev. Robert S. 
Bennett conducted the rites, assisted by the Reverends Anthony Hearn and C. E. 
Vines. Adams Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Curry, who was in his 69th year, died Sunday afternoon at a local hospital 
where he had been under treatment. He had been in failing health for over three 
years. Born in Washington County, Mr. Curry moved to Laurens County in 1912, 
and had engaged in farming oeperation ever since. In 1898 he married Miss Mamie 
Etta Gilbert who survives him. He was a member of the Methodist Church and was 
active in the affairs of his community until the failure of his health.
Besides his widow, Mr. Curry is survived by 10 children, 7 daughters: Mrs. Leo 
Radford, Rt. 4, Dublin; Mrs. Homer Shepherd and Mrs. J.R Herringdine, Sr., both 
of Hardwick; Mrs. G. H. Hatfield and Mrs. Alvin Brown of Duglin; Mrs. Robert E. 
Smith, Jrs. of Atlanta and Miss Erma Curry of Dublin; three sons, Earl, Curtis 
and Euree, all of Dublin, and 18 grandchildren. Three sisters and one brother 
also survive: Mrs. Donnie Horton of Wrightsville; Mrs. Mattie Smith of Dublin 
and Mrs. L.T. Hooks of Rentz, and J.W. Curry of Eastman.
Active pallbearers were W. B. Tarpley, Walter Holmes, Carl Flanders, T. B. 
Hitson, George Brown and George Daniel.
An honorary escort was composed of Irwin Montford, Roy Flanders, Joe Dominy, 
Blanton Joiner, Mace Cannon, O. C. Brown, J. H. Montford, Dallas Stuckey, Frank 
Daniel, W. R. Hodges, R. L. Rindol, J. Felton Pierce, Roy Orr, W. L. Lake, J. 
J. Jordan, D. C. Knight, James Scarboro, Adelbert Ellington, R. T. McMullan and 
Hershel Joiner.

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