Oscar Harvey Currin, Jr.
November 6, 1947 ~ January 28, 2017
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Oscar Harvey Currin Jr. age 69, died Saturday January 28, 2017 after battling lung cancer for 5 years. He died at his home in West Asheville.
Oscar was a native of Henderson, NC. He had lived in West Asheville since 2014. He was the son of the late Oscar Harvey Currin and Idell Hall Currin Williams.
Oscar is survived by his wife of 41 years, Juanita Currin; daughter, Kimberly Currin; daughter, Beverly Currin Bell; grandson, Andrew Bell; sister, Nancy Taylor and husband Fred Taylor. Oscar is a graduate of Vance-Granville Community College in Henderson, NC. He served 12 years in the U.S. Army beginning at the age of 17. His overseas service included two tours in South Korea and one tour in Germany. He also had a distinguished career as a law enforcement officer, serving as a NC State Trooper stationed in Hickory, NC and in the U.S. Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Prisons, retiring in 2001.
Oscar was a proud member of the American Canadian Grand Lodge AF & AM Masonic lodge in Worms, Germany and the Moslah Shrine in Fort Worth, Texas. He was also an avid photographer and a former member of the Fort Worth Camera Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
Services will be held Friday, February 3, 2017 at 10:00 AM at the Western Carolina State Veteran's Cemetery Black Mountain, NC in the Chapel with burial to follow.
Groce Funeral Home in West Asheville is assisting the family.
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Oscar was a great friend that I first met in 1984 in Boron Ca.
Shared many good night’s working together. We remained in touch over our many years through our careers with the BOP. It was a please to have known him and he will be missed.
My funniest memory that I shared with him involved an institution jeep getting stuck in a dry riverbed in the desert. Then having to walk back to get Oscar’s truck and pull it out.
So glad to have visited with him and Juanita at our home last winter
My wife Marianne and I offer our deepest condolences to Juanita and his entire family.
I am so sorry for Oscar’s passing. He was a wonderful friend for many many years. Oscar had a zest for life which was evident all the way until his passing. He fought a courageous battle with this dreaded disease. Oscar will be fondly remembered by his many friends and his dear wife Juanita who cared for him throughout the good and bad times that cancer affected. I love you both.
Oscar was a co-worker at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office. He was always helpful when some one needed help at work. I remember him as a friend also.
Oscar was loyal to his work. I will miss him and his FB postings. God Bless you Juanita and give you peace.
Once you love someone, they will never completely leave you…and so it is with Oscar.LOL