(Obit - Mrs. Belle Currin, pioneer Hopkins county citizen, and mother of R. W. Currin 
and Mrs. E. W. Lindley of this city, died at her home in Cumby Tuesday morning 
following an illness of several years duration. Funeral services were held at the 
Baptist church in Cumby, conducted by Rev. Joseph Pierce of Greenville. Mrs. Belle 
Smith Currin was born in Alabama, July 6, 1864. When a small child she came to Texas 
with her father and settled in Campbell, later moving to Hopkins County. She was 
married to Jim M. Currin in Cumby, June 19, 1883. Seven children were born to this 
union. Mr. Currin died in 1902. She was a charter member of the Eastern Star Chapter 
in Cumby, and served as WorthyMatron during the war period. She is survived by the 
following children: Mrs. Stella West, Commerce; Mrs Ella Denny and B. C. Currin, 
Greenville; Mrs. Della Branom, Dallas; Mrs. Rilla Lindley and R. W. Currin, Sulphur 
Springs.) (Hopkins Co. Echo, Apr. 13, 1934) Later it was reported that she was the 
daughter of John T. Smith.