Obituaries: Lula Curry, 1966, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: August 4, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Mrs. T. J. Curry Rites Held At Sikes Monday

Last rites were held Monday for Mrs. Lula Curry of Sikes, wife of the late T.
J. Curry, who was one of the early merchants and postmasters of Ward Three.

Mrs. Curry, 86, died Sunday in a Winnfield hospital after undergoing stomach
surgery twice during July.

Her husband died in 1953 after suffering a stroke.  They homesteaded in the
Brister Community six miles south of Sikes at the turn of the century and
opened a general store on the Buckskin road, later called the North
Winnfield-Columbia Road.  He kept the post office there (it was registered
at Royal Post Office) from about 1906 until 1931.  With the development of
mercantile businesses in Winnfield and Sikes Mr. Curry in 1912-1914 closed his
store but continued as postmaster and as operator of a telephone system he
owned.  This system had 10 party lines capable of handling 8-12 phones and
until 1918-1920 it operated all lines connecting settlements in Wards Two and
Three.  The exchange was connected with Winnfield system.

During World War II, Mr. and Mrs. Curry entered semi-retirement on their
homestead where he continued to farm small crops until his death.

Both were leaders in the now inactive Brister Baptist Church and in later
years they became associated with the Hurricane Grove Baptist Church, about
three miles south of Sikes.

Services for Mrs. Curry were at 3 p.m. Monday in the Hurricane Grove Church
with the Reverends E. J. Yocum, C. C. Martin, W. A. Wimbs officiating.  
Interment was in the James Cemetery at Brister.  Rites were directed by 
Southern Funeral Home.