CURRY, Lester Hall
- Born: 17 Apr 1914, Smith County, Texas
- Marriage (1): ALLEN, Grace Trueman [37145719]
- Marriage (2): SMITH, Ruby Elizabeth in 1949 in Smith County, Texas 1
- Marriage (3): YARBOROUGH, Estelle on 22 Dec 1979 in , Upshur County, Texas, USA 2
- Died: 1 Nov 2003, Shreveport, La. Hospital at age 89
- Buried: 3 Nov 2003, Roselawn Cemetery, Mineola, Wood, Texas, USA
Noted events in his life were:
- Census: Lester H. Carry, son, age 5, born in Texas, 1920, Lindale, Smith County, Texas, USA. 3 ED 98 Sheet 15B Dwelling 281 and household 282
- Census: Lester N. Curry, son, age 15, born in Texas, 5 Apr 1930, South College Ave., Lindale, Smith Co, Texas. 4 ED 212-27 Sheet 4B Dwelling
- WW II military men & women from Smith County: T/4 Sgt. Lester H. Curry, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Curry, Feb 1943. 5 Attended Tyler Schools. Entered service in Feb., 1943, trained at Camp Wolters, Texas
- WW II Enlistment: Lester H. Curry, born 1914, White citizen, born in Texas, 22 Feb 1944, Smith County, Texas. Enlistment City-Camp Wolters; Term of Enlistment: For the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law; Education- 2 yrs. of high school; Civil occupation-Automobile serviceman; Married
- Social Security Death Index, 1 Nov 2003. 6 Name: L. H. Curry Last Residence: 75140 Grand Saline, Van Zandt, Texas, United States of America Born: 17 Apr 1914 Died: 1 Nov 2003 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )
- Obituary: L. H. Curry, Nov 2003, Lindale, Smith County, Texas, USA. 7 Lindale--Services for L.H. Curry, 89, Lindale, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home chapel, Lindale, with Dr. Richard Kirgan officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery, Mineola.
Mr. Curry died in a Shreveport, La. hospital.
He was born April 17, 1914 in Smith County to the late Lonza William and Nancy Bertha Hicks Curry, and was a lifelong resident of the Lindale area. He serve in the Army during World War II and was former owner/operator of L.H. Curry Used Cars in Lindale. He was preceded in death by his wife Estelle Curry, in 1996, and son, Raymond Fredrick Curry.
Survivors include daughters, Sarah Merritt, Yuma, Ariz., Nancy Villers, Conroe, Sally Chitty, Grand Saline, and Elizabeth Wickware, Tyler; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Richard Wickware, Michael Warwick, John Gibson, Charles Davis, Jimmy Chitty and Jerry Ellis.
Family will receive friends 4-6 pm. Sunday at the funeral home.
- Burial records-findagrave: Lester Hall Curry, 1914-2003, Roselawn Cemetery, Mineola, Wood, Texas, USA. 8 Record with obituary submitted by Norma Brodie Jan 25, 2009 with obituary
Find A Grave Memorial# 33228877
Lester married Grace Trueman ALLEN [37145719]. (Grace Trueman ALLEN [37145719] was born on 16 May 1910 in Smith County, Texas, USA, died on 4 Aug 2008 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas, USA and was buried in Chandler Memorial Cemetery, Chandler, Henderson, Texas.)
Lester next married Ruby Elizabeth SMITH in 1949 in Smith County, Texas.1 (Ruby Elizabeth SMITH was born on 4 Apr 1917 and died on 28 Nov 1989 in Bonham, Fannin, Texas, USA.)
Lester next married Estelle YARBOROUGH on 22 Dec 1979 in , Upshur County, Texas, USA.2 (Estelle YARBOROUGH was born on 26 Sep 1925 and died on 30 Sep 1996 in Smith County, Texas.)
Marriage Notes:
Name: Lester H Curry Gender: Male Marriage Date: 22 Dec 1979 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1914 Age: 65 Spouse: Estelle Y Yarborough Spouse Gender: Female Spouse Est Birth Year: abt 1925 Spouse Age: 54 Marriage County: Upshur Marriage State: Texas Source: Texas Marriage Index, 1966-2002
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