Typed by: Kay Cunningham and
Theresa Carhart
CURRIE, WILLIAM THEODORE
Surnames: CURRIE, WHITE, HESTER, HENRY, JONES, MERCER, BLATCHLEY, THORNTON,
SCHATTE, OCKER.
WILLIAM
THEODORE CURRIE
William Theodore Currie, b February 5, 1885 at Durango, Falls County, Texas, d
August 5, 1954 while overseeing his farm at Durango and buried in Carolina
Cemetery-was a son of David Mitchell Currie and his first wife, Ira A. lone
(White) Currie, and both buried in Carolina Cemetery.
William Theodore Currie (called "Will") attended Austin College at Sherman,
Texas, and was a farmer and rancher all his adult life. He was married ca 1920
to Jennie Hester, b January 27, 1883 at Floresville, Texas, d March 31, 1937 in
Marlin, Texas and buried
in Carolina Cemetery near Durango - a daughter of James J. Hester of Georgia,
and his wife, Lina (Henry) Hester of Arkansas.
Will served as an Elder in the First Presbyterian Church at Lott, where he
lived, while maintaining his farm at Durango. He was active in all church,
school, and public affairs of the community.
Will and Jennie Currie had one son:
Jack Currie, b May 9, 1921 - a graduate of Lott
High School. Jack enlisted in the Army Air Corps, training as a Pilot, during
World War II - spending twenty-two years in the service and retiring with the
rank of Major. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Texas A&M University,
and has resided in Bryan, Texas, since his retirement. On March 29, 1942, Jack
was married to Ruth Jones, b February 8, 1922 at Lott, Falls County, Texas - a
daughter of Vardie and Edith (Mercer) Jones, and they had two children: Ruth Ann
Currie, b July 8, 1944 in Lott, who married Ronald Burr Blatchley of Bryan and
had Kimberley Blatchley, who married John Thornton and has John Scott Thornton
and Kimberly Thornton; and Don Jones Currie, b March 30, 1946 - who married
Deborah Schatte of College Station. They have Matthew Thomas and Elizabeth Gwyn
Currie. Don is a Major in the U.S. Air Force, stationed at Carswell Base in Fort
Worth; and the third child of Jack and Ruth is Brian David Currie, b. December
3, 1952.
In 1940, Will Currie was married second to Lilli Ocker, who survived him
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa
Carhart for printing these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission,
page 108, column 2
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
