Statler Family Obituaries
Curry, Carl Eugene, Jr.
Carl Eugene Curry, 76 of Jackson passed away Monday, April 26, 2010 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born July 7, 1933, in Providence, KY, son of Carl and Katie Robison Curry.
Carl attended school in the Oak Ridge R-6 School District and was a 1952 graduate of Jackson High School. He was inducted into the United States Navy in October, of 1952, and was honorably discharged as a chief radioman on August 1, 1983. After service, he received a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Southeast Missouri State University.
He was an office manager and Real Estate Agent for Century 21 Realty in Jackson, and later worked for Dutch Enterprises. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Jackson and a life member of the VFW Post #3838 in Cape Girardeau.
Loving survivors include a sister, Betty J. (the late Clark) Cowan of Oak Ridge; a nephew, Dr. Mike Cowan of Oak Ridge, an uncle, Albert Robison of Jackson; great-nephews and a great- niece, Jason Cowan of Biehle, MO, Kimberly Cowan of St. Louis, Jeffrey Cowan of St. Louis, and their mother, Kathy (the late Kevin) Cowan of Biehle.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Alice May Curry.
Friends may call Wednesday, April 28, 2010 from 4-8 PM at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center.
Funeral service will be Thursday, April 29, at 11:00 AM at funeral home in Jackson, with the Revs. Jon Sedgwick of First Baptist Church of Oak Ridge and Tommy Weems of First Baptist Church of Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, MO, with full military honors.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Printed in the Tuesday, April 27, 2010 edition of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO
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