Joe Curry, Old Timer Died Here Saturday Morning
"Uncle" Joe Curry, a land mark of this section and well known character among the old timers of this section, passed away at his home south of town Saturday morning, October 17. He had been in ill health for several months, suffering from kidney trouble, and although his death was not unexpected, it was a severe shock to his many friends over this section Joe Curry has been a citizen of Spur for twenty-odd years, being engaged in the carpenter business for the most of the time. For the past year or so, however he has been living with his brother on their farm to the south of town. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon and interment made in Spur Cemetery.©The Texas Spur, October 23, 1931
From the records of Lillian Grace Nay, Spur Museum, transcribed by Becky Hodges, August 2004.
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