Currie, Ellen Bruce, 1920-

Ellen Bruce Currie (1920- ) grew up in Raeford, N.C. Her maternal grandparents were Ruth Hairston Pannill Gordon (1850-1928), a cousin of Jeb Stuart, and Melville Cox Gordon (1838-1892). Currie's father was lawyer James Wharey Currie (1879-1935), her mother was Ruth Pannill Gordon Currie (1885-1947), and her brother was James Gordon Currie (1919-1964). Currie worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Veterans Administration in Richmond, Va., and then at Fort Bragg, N.C.

From the description of Ellen Bruce Currie papers, 1868-2000. WorldCat record id: 42879886

Born 19 November 1920 in Fayetteville, N.C., Ellen Bruce Currie grew up in Raeford, N.C., and attended Hoke County schools. Her paternal grandparents were James Lauchlin Currie (1849-1894) and Violet Jane Womack Currie (1851-1926).Her maternal grandparents were Ruth Hairston Pannill Gordon (1850-1928) and Melville Cox Gordon (1838-1892). Ruth Hairston Pannill Gordon was a cousin of Jeb Stuart. Ellen Bruce Currie's father was lawyer James Wharey Currie (1879-1935), her mother was Ruth Pannill Gordon Currie (1885-1947), and her brother was James Gordon Currie (1919-1964).

Ellen Bruce Currie graduated from Peace College in 1940 and, in 1944, moved to Richmond, Va. In Richmond, she worked for the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Veterans Administration until 1952, when she returned to Raeford to care for Florence (Punch) Gordon (1883-1958), her aunt. Currie worked at Fort Bragg, N.C., from 1952 until her retirement in 1985. She died in 2004.

From the guide to the Ellen Bruce Currie Papers, 1868-2000, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)