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Amarillo Globe-News, March 7, 2005
Canyon
Claude Currie
Claude Currie, 82, of Canyon died Saturday, March 5, 2005.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, in Amarillo. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo.
Mr. Currie was born in Silverton and raised in Quitaque. He served with the Marine Corps during World War II.
Mr. Currie was warehouse manager of Wilson Battery and Electric, which later became AEI, for 40 years. He was also instrumental in setting up the Farmers Market in Amarillo.
Mr. Currie was a member of San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330, American Legion Hanson Post 54, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1475, West Texas SAMS and Second Baptist Church of Amarillo.
He married Aurila Rice on June 20, 1947, in Memphis.
He was preceded in death by his wife on June 13, 2004.
Survivors include a son, Roger Dale Currie of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a daughter, Lynett Seaton of Amarillo; two sisters, Betty Jean Burns Fowlkes of Tyler and Lela Morrison of Kinner, Wyo.; a god child; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330, P.O. Box 3127, Amarillo, TX 79116.
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Amarillo Globe-News, March 7, 2005
Canyon
Claude Currie
Claude Currie, 82, of Canyon died Saturday, March 5, 2005.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, in Amarillo. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo.
Mr. Currie was born in Silverton and raised in Quitaque. He served with the Marine Corps during World War II.
Mr. Currie was warehouse manager of Wilson Battery and Electric, which later became AEI, for 40 years. He was also instrumental in setting up the Farmers Market in Amarillo.
Mr. Currie was a member of San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330, American Legion Hanson Post 54, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1475, West Texas SAMS and Second Baptist Church of Amarillo.
He married Aurila Rice on June 20, 1947, in Memphis.
He was preceded in death by his wife on June 13, 2004.
Survivors include a son, Roger Dale Currie of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a daughter, Lynett Seaton of Amarillo; two sisters, Betty Jean Burns Fowlkes of Tyler and Lela Morrison of Kinner, Wyo.; a god child; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330, P.O. Box 3127, Amarillo, TX 79116.
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Amarillo Globe-News, March 7, 2005
Canyon
Claude Currie
Claude Currie, 82, of Canyon died Saturday, March 5, 2005.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, in Amarillo. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo.
Mr. Currie was born in Silverton and raised in Quitaque. He served with the Marine Corps during World War II.
Mr. Currie was warehouse manager of Wilson Battery and Electric, which later became AEI, for 40 years. He was also instrumental in setting up the Farmers Market in Amarillo.
Mr. Currie was a member of San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330, American Legion Hanson Post 54, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1475, West Texas SAMS and Second Baptist Church of Amarillo.
He married Aurila Rice on June 20, 1947, in Memphis.
He was preceded in death by his wife on June 13, 2004.
Survivors include a son, Roger Dale Currie of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a daughter, Lynett Seaton of Amarillo; two sisters, Betty Jean Burns Fowlkes of Tyler and Lela Morrison of Kinner, Wyo.; a god child; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330, P.O. Box 3127, Amarillo, TX 79116.
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Amarillo Globe-News, March 7, 2005
Canyon
Claude Currie
Claude Currie, 82, of Canyon died Saturday, March 5, 2005.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 6969 E. Interstate 40, in Amarillo. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo.
Mr. Currie was born in Silverton and raised in Quitaque. He served with the Marine Corps during World War II.
Mr. Currie was warehouse manager of Wilson Battery and Electric, which later became AEI, for 40 years. He was also instrumental in setting up the Farmers Market in Amarillo.
Mr. Currie was a member of San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330, American Legion Hanson Post 54, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1475, West Texas SAMS and Second Baptist Church of Amarillo.
He married Aurila Rice on June 20, 1947, in Memphis.
He was preceded in death by his wife on June 13, 2004.
Survivors include a son, Roger Dale Currie of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a daughter, Lynett Seaton of Amarillo; two sisters, Betty Jean Burns Fowlkes of Tyler and Lela Morrison of Kinner, Wyo.; a god child; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to San Jacinto Masonic Lodge No. 1330, P.O. Box 3127, Amarillo, TX 79116.
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