Rains County Leader
November 1, 2005
Funeral services for Anthony "A.J." Curran, 18, of Como, were held at
2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 30, at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel, Sulphur
Springs, with Rev. Terry Sparks officiating. Burial was at the Como
Cemetery with Chris Curran, Devon Thompson, Ryan Sharp, Brad Moore, Ryan
O'Meara, Justin Keizer, Robert Howard, Michael Boyd and Eric Shockey serving
as pallbearers. Anthony died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005, in a single vehicle
accident. He was born in Sulphur Springs on May 15, 1987, the son of John
Christopher Curran Sr and Holly Jo Lee Boyd. Curran was a student at Rains
High School and was employed with Keller's Creamery in Winnsboro. He was of
non-denominational faith. He is survived by his fiancee Courtney Lynne
McRight of Como; mother, Holly Boyd and Randy of Como; father John C. Curran
Sr. and Tracy of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; brother, John Christopher Curran Jr. of
Como; half-sister, Ashley Curran of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; maternal grandmother,
Sherry Lee of Como; maternal grandfather, Richard E. Lee of Emory; paternal
grandparents, Kathy and John Curran of Auburn, Ind; maternal
great-grandparents, Guy and Agnes Jumper of Como. He was preceded in death
by his half-sister, Brittney Curran, in 2005.