Funeral services with full military honors for Lt. Col. DavidClinton Currie (retired), of New Orleans, were 1 p.m. Friday, May13 at Biloxi National Cemetery. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home wasin charge of arrangements.

Lt. Col. Currie, 85, died May 8, 2005, at Woldenberg VillageNursing Home in New Orleans. He was a native of Union Church.

He was a graduate of Jefferson County Agriculture High School,Copiah Lincoln Junior College and the University of SouthernMississippi. He retired from the Air Force after 23 years. He wasdirector of safety at Keesler Air Force Base for 12 years. He was aresident of Gulfport for 45 years and a recent resident of NewOrleans.

Lt. Col. Currie received two Distinguished Flying Medals, AsiaPacific Campaign Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War IIVictory Medal, American Occupational Medal and the National DefenseService Medal from the military. He was a member of First BaptistChurch in Gulfport.

Survivors are his daughter, Jill C. Bohn, of New Orleans; hisfour sons, David Currie, of Columbus, Randall Currie, ofFredericksburg, Va., Gregory Currie, of Fayette, Ala., and GarthCurrie, of New Orleans; his brother, Donald Currie, of Brookhaven;and seven grandchildren.