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Holman Carl Currie

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Birth	:	28 Dec 1918 Washburn, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
Death	:	3 Jan 2009 Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, USA
Burial	:	Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.0466995, -117.2767029
Plot	:	Laurelwood lot, eight row(north end or Waterman entry end), about twenty-two spaces west toward the cemetery entry road, closest stone to the entry road
Inscription	:	CURRIE (one side) H. CARL / Dec. 28, 1918 / Jan. 03, 2009 (Picture in the middle of the stone) "Be Thou Faithful unto death and I will give / Thee a crown of Life." Revelation 2: 10
Description	:	Missionary pioneer, union president Currie dies at age 90 January 9, 2009 Yucaipa, California, Unites States Don A. Roth/ANN Carl Currie, died January 3, 2009 at the age of 90, having spent nearly 50 years in denominational service overseas. The Seventh-day Adventist who was the first president of the church's Taiwan Union Mission and who led the then-Zambesi Union in Africa when the former British colony of Rhodesia became the independent state of Zimbabwe has passed away. H. Carl Currie, 90, died Saturday, January 3, from complications following hip surgery. Since 2000, he and his wife had... Read More	Missionary pioneer, union president Currie dies at age 90 January 9, 2009 Yucaipa, California, Unites States Don A. Roth/ANN Carl Currie, died January 3, 2009 at the age of 90, having spent nearly 50 years in denominational service overseas. The Seventh-day Adventist who was the first president of the church's Taiwan Union Mission and who led the then-Zambesi Union in Africa when the former British colony of Rhodesia became the independent state of Zimbabwe has passed away. H. Carl Currie, 90, died Saturday, January 3, from complications following hip surgery. Since 2000, he and his wife had resided in Yuciapa, California. During his 50 years of denominational employment, Currie served the Seventh-day Adventist Church on four continents. He served largely in China, also spending time in the United States, Bermuda, Singapore, and Africa. After graduation from college in Massachusetts he was immediately chosen by the church's mission board to go to China. He and his wife, Eva, were 21. They spent their first seven-year term of service in China during World War II, moving 10 times between 1941 and 1948, often evacuating just ahead of Japanese advances into China. From 1949 to 1954, and again from 1960 to 1966, Currie was president of the Taiwan Mission. He also served a short stint as president of the Southeast Asia Union Mission in Singapore. During his 14 years in Africa, Currie led the church through years of the countries struggle for independence transitioning from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe.This was followed by five years as chair of the East Asia Administrative Committee in Hong Kong before his retirement in 1990. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, one son, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. H. Carl Currie, Missionary Pioneer and Union President, Dies he Seventh-day Adventist who was the first president of the Taiwan Union Mission and who led the then-Zambesi Union in Africa when the former British colony of Rhodesia became the independent state of Zimbabwe has passed to his rest. H. Carl Currie, age 90, died on Sabbath, January 3, 2009, from complications following hip surgery. Since 2000, he and his wife had resided in Yucaipa, California. MISSIONARY LEADER: H. Carl Currie, died January 3, 2009 at the age of 90, having spent 47.5 of his 50 years of denominational service overseas. Currie, who until recently had served as an associate pastor of the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church, has lived near his daughter and son-in-law, both employed by Loma Linda University. During his 50 years of denominational employment, he served the Seventh-day Adventist Church on four continents. Most of Currie's service was in China, but he also served in the United States, Bermuda, Singapore, and Africa. The majority of his time was spent in church administration. In China he did pioneer missionary work in the early days of his overseas service. He was born in Washburn, Maine, in December, 1918. As a theology student at Atlantic Union College, Carl met, dated, and married Eva Longway, a daughter of Adventist missionaries to China. After graduation from college he was immediately chosen by the church's mission board to go to China. In 1940, when Carl and Eva were 21, they sailed from San Francisco to Shanghai. Currie's time in China included pioneer missionary work in some areas, and administrative work in others. He spent his first seven-year term of service in China during WWII moving 10 times between 1941 and 1948, often evacuating just ahead of Japanese advances into China. From 1949 to 1954, and again from 1960 to 1966, Currie was president of the Taiwan Mission, with his service interrupted by graduate studies at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, then in Takoma Park, Maryland, and a stint as president of the Southeast Asia Union Mission in Singapore. During his later years of service in Taiwan Carl led out in the establishment of an Adventist hospital and college. Following a year as a pastor in Connecticut, Currie was called to Bermuda, where he served as president of the church's Bermuda Mission for two and a half years. He then was called to the Zambesi Union, with headquarters in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. During his 14 years in Africa Carl endured another war, leading the church through the tumultuous years of the countries struggle for independence transitioning from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. This was followed by five years as chair of the East Asia Administrative Committee in Hong Kong before his retirement in 1990. In retirement, Currie moved to Collegedale, Tennessee, where he served as an assistant pastor of the Collegedale church and was called to revitalize a small church in Summerville Georgia. In four years, he more than quadrupled its membership, from 8 to 35 members. Survivors include his wife, Eva; his daughters, Laura Nyirady and Ruth Soule; son, David Currie; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren. --Reported by Don A. Roth, Yucaipa, California and died May 11, 1976 in South Lancaster, Mass. She married J born June 10, 1880, and died April 16, 1957. Children of LLULU6 ESLER (GEORGE5, JANE4 TERRIS, JOHN3 TRERICE, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born November 19, 1885,JONATHAN CURRIE September 25, 1912. He wasULU ESLER and JONATHAN CURRIE are:496. i. G 497. ii. J 498. iii. H 499. iv. ZRETA7 CURRIE, b. Private.OHN WOODROE WILSON CURRIE, b. Private.HOLMAN CARL CURRIE, b. Private.ENUS RAYMOND CURRIE, b. Private.

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Holman Carl Currie's memorial is located at: Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino County, USA.
When did Holman Carl Currie death?
Holman Carl Currie death on 3 Jan 2009 in Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California, USA
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Latitude: 34.0466995
Longitude: -117.2767029

Family Members:

Parent

Jonathan Tracy Currie

(1880 - 1957)

Lula Fae Easler Currie

(1888 - 1976)

Spouse

Eva Ruth Longway Currie

(1919 - 2015)

Siblings

Greta Tracy Currie Bielinski

(1913 - 2016)

John Woodroe Wilson Currie

(1915 - 1999)

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