Billie George Currey

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, April 29, 2013, at Delhomme Funeral Home, with viewing beginning at 12:00. Billie George Currey, 88, passed away on April 22, 2013 at 12:30 pm at his residence. Reverend Mark Benge, Pastor of First United Methodist Church, Lafayette, LA, will conduct the funeral services at Delhomme Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Dawson Cemetery in Dawson, TX at 2:00 pm on Thursday, May 2, 2013, preceded with a viewing at Wade Funeral Home in Hubbard, TX from 12:00-1:00 pm. Mr. Currey, a resident of Lafayette, LA, was the son of the late Bonnie Augustus Currey and the former Ruth Polk. He was born on September 20, 1924 in Groesbeck, TX. Bill attended Southwest Texas State in San Marcos, TX before being inducted on March 11, 1943 into the US Army Air Corps. He served during World War II with the 2nd Weather Squadron on Saipan as a weather observer. On December 13, 1944, he was qualified as a sharp shooter rifle. He received the American Theatre Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze stars, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. Upon receiving an honorable discharge on January 19, 1946, he attended Southern Methodist University for three years where he received a degree in Civil Engineering. He worked for Mobil (Magnolia) Oil Corporation, followed by Fenstermaker and Sons, where he retired as a Vice-president. He met his future Wife Marjorie Ann Nelson while working in Vanderbilt, TX. They were married in Dawson, TX on August 29, 1951. Bill had a passion for golf, being a long time member of Acadian Hills Country Club. He had a lifelong love of music, and enjoyed taking Caribbean cruises with his wife Marjorie, reading western novels, and following SMU football. His children have many memories of long cross-country driving vacations from the east coast to the west coast and from south Texas and the Florida Keys to West Virginia. He is survived by one daughter, Laura Diane McManus (born August 14, 1957) and husband Chad of Conroe, TX; one son, David Nelson Currey (born October 16, 1952) of Houston, TX; four grandchildren, Matthew Jonathan Currey, Danielle McManus, Lauren McManus, and Devon McManus; one sister, Bonnie Dugan of Groesbeck, TX; two nieces, Sharon Rose and Ellenie Wells, and one nephew, Jerry Collins. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 59 years, Marjorie Ann Currey ; one sister, Bennie Singh and one sister-in-law, Bessie Jo Nelson. Bill will be greatly missed by his family, relatives, and friends. We love you, Daddy. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Delhomme Funeral Home of Lafayette on Monday, April 29, 2013 from 12:00 pm until the time of service. Personal condolences may be sent to the Currey family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Billie George Currey

September 20, 1924 - April 22, 2013