Longtime Ocean Springs school chief Allen Curry dies at 86
Updated Apr 13, 2021;
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi Allen Curry, who served a remarkable 20 years as the Ocean Springs school superintendent and oversaw the greatest period of growth in the district’s history, died Saturday at the age of 86.
A native of Jackson County, Curry began his career in education at Vancleave High School, but in 1962 he moved to Ocean Springs to become the first principal of Ocean Springs Junior High, housed in what is now the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Arts Center.
From there he would work his way up the ladder, serving as a principal at all levels, including principal of Ocean Springs High School, before moving to the central office as an assistant superintendent under then-superintendent N.E. Taconi.