• Born: 30 Jan 1914, , Van Zandt County, Texas, USA
• Marriage (1): HALL, Edythe Watson on 3 Jul 1935 in Smith County, Texas ¹
• Marriage (2): NELSON, Kathlean in 1943 in Polk County, Florida
• Died: 5 Nov 1983, Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, USA at age 69
• Buried: Bethesda Cemetery, Lindale, Smith, Texas, USA

  Noted events in his life were:

• Texas Birth Index, 30 Jan 1914. ² Name: John Freeman Curry
  Date of Birth: 30 Jan 1914
  Birth County: Van Zandt
  Certificate Number: 3727 Roll Number: 1914_0002
  

• Census: John F. Currie, son, age 5, born in Texas, 6 Jan 1920, Lindale, Smith County, Texas, USA. ³

• Census: John F. Curry, grandson, age 16, single, born in TX, living with his grandmother Mary Dickert, 8 Apr 1930, Pct 6 Ed 212, Smith County, Texas, USA. ⁴ Sheet 1B Dwelling 17 and Household 18

• Application for Social Security Number, 7 Dec 1938. ⁵ John Freeman Curry, age 24
  Route 3, Lindale, Texas
  Date of Birth: January 30, 1914
  Place of Birth: Van Zandt Co., Texas
  White Male
  Father: Franklin Pierce Curry
  Mother: Onie Clem Kennedy
  Date Signed: 12-7-1938
  Signed: Freeman Curry

• Census: J.F. Curry, HOH, age 26, born abt 1914, in Texas, white male married to Etythel. His occupation is a salary farm laborer in private work and has no other income, he worked 42 hours in the week prior to the census and worked 52 weeks in 1939, 22 Apr 1940, Smith County, Texas. ⁶ He completed the 8th grade. Renting home at $2. They are not living on a farm, and are living in the same place as in 1935, but shows they were living on a farm in 1935.

• WW II military men & women from Smith County: John F. Curry, son of Mrs. J. G. Kennedy, 1942-1945. ⁷ Entered service in July 1942, trained at Camp Crowder, MO and Drew Field, Fla. Served in India, Burma and China. Discharged in July 1945 and Awarded Good Conduct Medal, Campaign Ribbon with two Battle Stars.

• Florida State Census, 1867-1945, 1945. ⁸ Name: John F. Curry Age: 31 Gender: Male Race: White Birth Place: Texas Est. Birth Year: abt 1914 Education: 11th Occupation: Army Census Year: 1945 Locality: Precinct 18 County: Polk Page: 30 Line: 42 Archive Series #: S1371, Roll 37
  Also listed is:
  Katheryn Curry, age 19, born in Florida, Education-10th, Occupation-Housewife
  Frances Curry, male, age 1, born in Florida
  

• Social Security Death Index, Nov 1983. ⁹ Name: John Curry
  Last Residence: 75662 Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, United States of America
  Born: 30 Jan 1914
  Last Benefit: 75703 Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States of America
  Died: Nov 1983 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )
  

• Texas Death Index, 5 Nov 1983. ¹⁰ Name: John Curry
  Death Date: 5 Nov 1983
  Death County: Rusk
  Gender: Male
  

• Obituary. ¹¹ Lindale: Services for John Freeman Curry, 69 Kilgore, formerly of Lindale, were held at 10 a.m. Monday at Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home chapel in Lindale with the Rev. James Daniel officiating.
  Burial was in the Bethesda Cemetery near Lindale. Mr. Curry died Saturday in a Kilgore nursing home after a lengthy illness.
  He was born Jan.30, 1914, in Edom, and had lived most of his life in the Lindale area.
  A retired master sergeant in the U.S. Army after 20 years service, he served in World War II, was a member of First Baptist Church in Center and was a carpenter.
  Survivors include one son, Jerry Ross Curry, Caboll, Ark.; one brother Franklin P. Curry, San Antonio; three sisters, Mrs. Eunice McKay and Mrs. Reba Spivey, both of Tyler, and Mrs. Julia Fleming, Lindale; one granddaughter, Amy Lee Curry, Arkansas; and several nieces and nephews.
  Pallbearers were John Dickert, John Dickert Jr., Richard Fleming, Larry Gilligan, Vestal McGahey and Glen Taylor.

• Death Certificate: John Freeman Curry, 5 Nov 1983, Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, USA. Date of Birth: Jan 30, 1914
  Place of Birth: Texas
  Father's Name: Pearcy Curry
  Mother's Maiden Name: Clem Dickert
  Occupation: Construction - Carpenter
  Residence: Rusk County, Texas
  Armed Forces: Yes
  Surviving Spouse: Beatrice Jones
  Informant: Julia Fleming
  Medical: Carcinoma of Lung
  Funeral Director: Rader Funeral Home
  Cemetery: Bethesda, Smith County, Texas

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• Burial records-findagrave: John Freeman Curry, 1914-1983, Bethesda Cemetery, Lindale, Smith County, Texas, USA. ¹³ by: Syble Cline Glasscock with personal and tombstone photos
Record added: Oct 18, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 22288544
Parents:
Franklin Pierce Curry (1893 - 1962)
Onie Clementine Dickert Kennedy (1894 - 1962)
Sibling:
John Freeman Curry (1914 - 1983)
Royce Edwin Curry (1916 - 1979)*

John married Edythe Watson HALL on 3 Jul 1935 in Smith County, Texas.¹ (Edythe Watson HALL was born on 21 Jan 1917 and died on 5 Aug 1997.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record, Smith County, Texas: John Freeman CURRY, groom and Edith Watson HALL, bride, 3 Jul 1935. ¹⁴ Officiator was P. C. Scott, O.M.
Recorded in Book ML on 5 Jul 1935 in Volume 34, page 49.

John next married Kathlean NELSON in 1943 in Polk County, Florida. (Kathlean NELSON was born on 15 Sep 1925 in , , Florida, USA and died on 11 May 2005.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorce, 1946, Smith County, Texas.