Background
Currey, Brownlee Own was born on October 22, 1900 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Brownlee and Elizabeth (Norton) Currey.
Currey, Brownlee Own was born on October 22, 1900 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Robert Brownlee and Elizabeth (Norton) Currey.
Student Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, 1919. Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt, 1923.
Branch manager, Fourth and First National Bank, Nashville, 1921-1925. Manager, 1926-1930; organized Equitable Securities Corporation, Nashville, December 1930 and since served as president of company with branches in New York City, Hartford, Connecticut, Atlanta, Birmingham. Knoxville, Greensboro, Memphis, Jackson, Mississippi, New Orleans and Dallas.
President and director Cherokee Corporation since 1947.
Vice president and director Southern Association of Science and Industry, Incorporated., since 1947. Director, Moore-Handley Hardware Company, Incorporated., Nashville Gas and Heating Company, Tennessee Natural Gas Lincolnshire, Incorporated., Transcontinental Business System, Incorporated., United Transit Company, West Kentucky Coal Company Farm and Ranch Public Company, Ward-Belmont School, Incorporated., West Meade Farms, Incorporated.
Member board commissioner Watkins Institute, Nashville. Trustee Southern Episcopalian (member board endowment corporation). Clubs: The Links.
Married Frances Hampton, November 2, 1926. Children: Brownlee, Margaret.