Background
Currie, Edward James was born on March 28, 1897 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Edward J. and Lucy Helen (Westbrook) Currie.
Currie, Edward James was born on March 28, 1897 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Edward J. and Lucy Helen (Westbrook) Currie.
Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland U., Lebanon, Tennessee, 1923.
Admitted to Mississippi bar, 1923, since practiced in Hattiesburg. Assistant United State Attorneys Southern District Mississippi, 1933-1935. Special assistant United States atty, 1937.
City prosecuting atty, Hattiesburg, 1937-1938, city attorney, 1937-1942. Chief Mississippi attorney OPA, 1942-1944. Special appointment as assistant attorney general United States, 1937.
Past chairman court honor Boy Scouts American. Chairman Hattiesburg Army Advisory Committee, since 1965, Selective Service System appeal board 6th Oongl. District Mississippi, 1940-1942.
Member Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, 1965. Mayor of Hattiesburg, 1951-1953. Chairman Forrest County Board Election Commnrs., 1940-1942, Forrest County Democratic Executive Committee, 1940-1942.
Past board directors Hattiesburg Young Men’s Christian Association. Trustee Forrest County Agricultural High School, since 1964.
Served with Field Artillery, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Am, Fed, Mississippi (president 1963-1964) Forrest County (past president) bar associations, American Legion (past post commander).
Married Aline Willis Conerly, March 17, 1920. Children: Edward James, Lois Helen (Mistress Richard W. Tannenhill).