Timothy “Tim” Fontaine Currie

November 25, 2011

Timothy “Tim” Fontaine Currie of McCullough, AL, age 73, died Wednesday, November 23, at the Mobile Infirmary following an illness of several months. He was born April 26, 1938, in Atmore, the son of Frank Payne Currie and Mary Caine Currie.

A precocious and inquisitive child, he was allowed to enter the first grade at the age of five. He received all of his secondary education in the public schools of Atmore, graduating from Escambia County High School in 1955.

Tim then entered Auburn University where he earned a B. S. in Business Administration. While at the University, he participated in the ROTC program and upon graduation he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. He spent his military life in West Germany where he met and married Lieselotte Stamminger in 1961.

Having decided not to pursue a military career, Tim returned to south Alabama and entered the family business in McCullough. Under his innovative leadership, the Frank Currie Gin Company grew from a small town gin into the leading ginning operation in the Southeastern United States with annual production reaching as high as 65,000 bales in one year. Tim received many awards in recognition of his achievements, including being named “Ginner of the Year” by the Southeastern Cotton Ginners’ Association. He also served on the boards of several statewide organizations involved with the cotton industry.

In the Atmore community, Tim was on the board of directors at the First National Bank, and served as chairman of the board for a number of years. He also was a long time member of the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce. In McCullough, Tim took a particular interest in the McCullough Cemetery which will be his final resting place. He was a faithful and generous member of Baptist churches in the Atmore area. Tim was most recently a member and a deacon of First Baptist Church. He not only was generous to the local churches but supported missions in many countries.

Tim was a member of the Richard Montgomery Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. At home, he was an avid crossword puzzler, reader and domino player. He loved learning new things and stretching his mind. He brought his own special brand of enthusiasm to his many and varied interests.

Tim was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Frances “Bebe” Payne Currie Kobos, and his wife of 45 years, “Lilo” Stamminger Currie. He is survived by his present wife Dianne Lyons Currie; and daughters Marianne Currie Garr and her husband Joe along with their four children, all of St. Louis, Heidi J. Currie of Mobile; brother Randolph N. Currie of Sylvania, OH; stepchildren Jared Leachman and Tammy Chlebowski and their children. Other survivors include brother-in-law Robert Kobos; sisters-in-law, Bobby Sue Brewer, Margaret Currie, Heidi Stamminger and Inge Stamminger of Germany; many nieces and nephews; and Crawford R. Caine and Ann Caine Clack, maternal uncle and aunt.

Funeral services will be at the First Baptist Church in Atmore, Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.. Visitation will precede the service beginning at 9:00 a.m. Interment will be at the McCullough Cemetery following the funeral.

Those honored to be pallbearers are “Tim’s Boys” : Mark Mack, Ron Bailey, Robert Moye, Quint Wilson, Randall Whately, Ricky Ward and Darren Carnely.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Atmore, AL. is in charge of arrangements.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries