James Freeman “Jim” Curry
James Freeman “Jim” Curry of Campbellsville and Bellevue, Washington, son of the late Noah Marvin Curry and Mandy Bird Young Curry, was born April 7, 1931 in Green County, Kentucky. He died at 10:39 A.M., Sunday, August 3, 2014 in Bellevue, Washington.
Age: 83
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of the South Campbellsville Baptist Church.
He served his country honorably in the United States Army, was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War, and was retired from the United States Army Special Forces (Green Beret) and a retired restaurant owner.
He united in marriage to Sara Blevins March 24, 1979.
Besides his wife, Sara Blevins Curry of Campbellsville, he is survived by two sons and one daughter: Jimmy Curry and wife, Carlene and David Curry and wife, Loretta of Somerset and Leigh Anne Clark and husband, David of Bellevue, Washington; eight grandchildren: Jason Bright and Michael Bright of Campbellsville, Chad Curry, Candace Curry, Jasper Curry and Jacob Curry of Somerset, Hudson John Clark and an unborn grandson of Bellevue, Washington; fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Betty Brandon of North Carolina; three sisters-in-law: Clara Curry and Shirley Curry of Elizabethtown and Beckie Curry of Greensburg; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly Diane Curry August 24, 2011 and five brothers and four sisters: Vernon Clay Curry, Garvis Curry, Gorman Curry, Wendell Curry, Milton Curry, Gracie Burns, Veotra Warf, Jeanette Fleitz and Virginia Curry.
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VISITATION: 9:00 A.M., Sunday, August 10, 2014 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 2:00 P.M., Sunday, August 10, 2014 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Dr. James Jones and General Ed Loy
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery with full military honors by the United States Army Honor Guard
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