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Douglas Curry Obituary
Age 71, of Waynesville, OH, passed away March 23, 2023. Private service Morton & Whetstone Funeral Home, Vandalia, OH.
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Greg Deyton
April 9, 2023
We met in grade school and Doug was a softspoken youngster with a sheepish grin. As we grew up, just a stone´s throw away from each other´s home, that calm, cool and confident young man with a huge heart gave way to a tough, hardnosed competitor on the court.
All the games played, places visited, and people we met along the way are so vast to list herein; however, they will become the topic of many celebrations when we are with friends.
What I most admired about my friend is that he was a gentleman to everyone he met and a loyal friend. Doug may have left us too soon, but his spirit will be alive and well in the hearts of many. Rest peacefully my old friend. You are not forgotten.
Greg Deyton
Lake Park, NC
Jim McCutcheon
April 3, 2023
I knew Doug from tennis team. He was a strong competitor, and always the nicest person to be around; that combination of qualities is rare.
He will be missed.
Ted Oatts
March 30, 2023
When I think of Doug Curry, the word that comes to mind is smooth. We played tennis on the same team, but he was playing a different game than me. He glided across the courts of tennis and basketball. You didn´t think he was going to get to the ball, and all of a sudden you realized the ball was coming across the net for the win! Doug was a class act. Always a gentleman. God bless you & your family, Mike. Ted Oatts.
michael trimble
March 30, 2023
I remember Doug as a very friendly human being.....may jesus christ take him into his open arms and be with him forever........
Linda McWilliams
March 30, 2023
Oh Mike, I'm deeply sorry to hear of Doug 's passing. May our God comfort you and your family on this journey of loss. Blessings my friend
Elizabeth Hageman Buls
March 29, 2023
Bless you, Doug, Warrior of 1969, always a decent and kind classmate. I loved to watch you make basketball an incredible dance of strength and beauty. You seemed to make every sport you played look so smooth. My prayers for your loved ones and eternal light and peace for you.
Bobby Heidkamp
March 28, 2023
Wayne's Doug Curry posssessed a heart that was bigger than a basketball. Gone... but never forgotten. Rest in peace, #20.
bob heidkamp
March 28, 2023
Doug was #20 in the program... and #1 in the hearts of the Wayne Warrior fans!
Bobby Heidkamp, Austin TX
March 28, 2023
He wasn't even aware that I existed, but Doug was my all-time hero and role model when I was growing up. I was orphaned at an early age, and hoops was my refuge and salvation. Every kid who carried around a basketball in Huber Heights wanted to be like Doug Curry. Brownlee, Staley, Trimble, Frank... every last one of us. He was an incredible defender, and an unselfish team player. He led Wayne to an unheard record at the tme of 28-13 in his junior and senior years at Wayne, and my Uncle Bob (HOF Coach) took me to every one of his games when I was a pup. His junior year he stripped future Wittenberg star Joe Hamilton of the ball in the last seconds to give the Warriors an unbelievable upset of highly regarded Fairmont West. His senior season averaged 19 a game and was a joy to behold on the basketball court, and was also a great tennis player. I bawled my eyes out after his last basketball game in the tournament at Troy's Hobart Arena. Piqua beat beat us, but Curry staged one of the greatest last-ditch efforts ever at the school that produced Lloyd Jacoby, Mike Poppa, Jim Augsperger, Greg Deyton, Jerry Tucker, Craig Ellis, Dicky Lefeld, Jimmy Donnelly, Kevin McNamara, and eventually All-Ohioans Travis and D'Mitrick Trice. I followed Doug's college exploits at Florence State in Alabama from afar, where he continued his stellar career. Doug Curry is up there somewhere now, probably picking Pistol Pete's pocket in some pick-up game inside them pearly gates...
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