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Tragic Curriers Death Ends Vast Dream of Escape from Poverty
In The Plains Virginia Richard Leggitt reports the Curriers Stephen 36 and Audrey 33 who died in a Caribbean plane crash left a vast fortune and a community built around Kinlock estate. Their philanthropy funded civil rights welfare and education, providing jobs for 110 year round workers and indirect scholarships. The town mourns while estate assets face legal sorting and the personal touch fades as idle machinery and a diminished staff mark the loss.
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Richard
Leggitt
the Plains
UPI
Stephen
Audrey Currier
Jan. I
Curriers
Kinlock
Blue Ridge Mountains
Stephen Currier
Audrey
Andrew W. Mellon
Currier
Taconic Foundation
Emwoinnine Ae
Terengtomer
Fauquier County High School
Plains
John B. Adams
Grace Episcopal
Aly Gooch
New York
Jay Bruce McLaughlin
Grace Episcopal Church
Stephen “Currier
Rev. McLaughlin
Rev
McLaughlin
Yale
John’ A. Simon
Ann C. Turner
Andrea
Lavina
Michael