Obituary

Curry, Jim Bob

Services for Jim Bob Curry, 91, will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at First Baptist Church in Hale Center with Dr. Carrol Green officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Memorial Park under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors. The family visitation was at Kornerstone Funeral Directors from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. Mr. Curry was born Sept. 22, 1924 in Tahoka, Texas to Wiley and Ora Isham Curry. He died December 19, 2015 in Hale Center, Texas. He married Hattie Jo Barham on June 19, 1942, in Tahoka, Texas, and they have been married for 73 years. He served during World War II in the United States Army. He was a farmer in Hale County for over 69 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hale Center. He served as chairman for the Democratic Party for Hale County. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Hale Center Co-op Gin for 65 years and served on the board for the American Cotton Growers, the Denim Mill and Plains Cotton Cooperative Association. He is preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Dewey Lee, Otis, Albert, Cecil and Dan Curry; and two children, Betty Jane and Bobby Joe Curry. He is survived by his wife Hattie Jo; two daughters, Jan Edwards of Lubbock and Joan Isbell of Kansas City, Missouri; and a son, Jim N. Curry of Hale Center; six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family suggest memorial contributions be sent to Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Center, 7155 Oakridge Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229 and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at JDRF.org.