Down A Gravel Road

Down A Gravel Road
Finding Curry Road

Welcome to the Adventures of Living On Curry Road

Rye, Arkansas is located eleven miles north of Warren, AR, fifteen miles west of Monticello, AR and approximately thirty miles south of Pine Bluff, AR. Rye has been the home of the Curry family for over five generations. This family has farmed this land producing cattle, chickens, timber. The area is beautiful and the family culture is equally impressive with its generations of family that continue to live by the standards that made America a great country.

Rye, AR and the Curry family are a story of strong American values and the building of personal character, the love of God and a lot of very hard dedicated work. Donald Curry and Kay Curry are the current owners of most of the original farm land originally developed by the generations of Curry family. Kay Curry is the daughter of Jimmy and Hazel Baker and married Donald over fifty years ago. Both have continued the legacy of the farm life on Curry Road. Donald and Kay have raised a family of two daughters and one son. Mark Curry currently operates a cattle operation as well as four chicken houses on his part of the property. Lisa Tooke, wife of Dennis Tooke of Lake Charles, La and Donna Curry, of Little Rock, AR plan to retire back to the farm land when thier retirement time comes.

Jane and I were asked to help in a restoration of the 104 year old house shown above. We are so blessed to be allowed to have input as well as provide a labor of love to help restore this house to its original beauty for Donald and Kay Curry

As Jane and I came into the property with our RV, we came down the gravel road leading to Curry Road. We came down this gravel road and had to stop and take a picture. We are including that picture with this overview so you too can see the beauty of this area.

It reminded us of the book “The Painted House” by John Grisham and we hope you will get the same response.

Jane, Carl and Charlie Pierce







Saturday, December 25, 2010

Christmas Came to Jane and Me

The very best gift anyone could receive is that of grandchildren.  Well,,, we've got 6 of the very smartest, most beautiful, most talented,,,,oh well you know!!!!

From left to right,,,, Sara Grace, Lucy Anna, Andrew, Elizabeth Bell (ZuZu), Si (the newest) and the little lady laying in Sara's lap is Sophia Catherine (Sophie Cat)

Now tell me,,,,,,,, pretty great huh?????








The entire family is below including Andy, Jen and all the kids.  Andy and Jen just moved to Johnson City, TN where Dr. Andrew is responsible for the interns and residency program development for East Tenn State University Medical School.   WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED......
They are so reserved and never have any fun!?
Mom and Dad get in the act too, so,,,,,  Andy works seven days a week and Jen works 9 days a week.
Six + One takes a few extra days a week you know.





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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Merry Christmas To All

Jane and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a safe and Happy New Year.

This has been a great year for us with many many blessings.

We have enjoyed wonderful family activities and never cease to be amazed at the grace of our Lord and Savior.

2010 will be one of the best years we have ever had thanks to our family as well as the friends that we have made here in Rye, AR.  

We can validate the often used phrase "you are never too old to learn" in so many ways.

We have prepared the old house a little bit for the seasons with some Christmas decorations.













We look forward to the New Year and continuing the work here and trust you too will have a great New Year and come and visit with us anytime.

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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Well Howdy, Its been a while

We have been so busy with Thanksgiving and general family times we just haven't been very diligent in our posting so, here goes with an update.


Kay and Donald (and Lisa, Donna and Mark) had all the family again at their home for thanksgiving.  As usual the food was plentiful and the visiting was so good that the time passed so fast we all were surprised when it was over.  Somewhere around 37 people at one time eating and enjoying each other and giving thanks for all their blessings.  How good does that get?


As far as the house goes, we've just been enjoying the work we've finished and the blessing of being here and having such good family relations.  We've just finished insulating the attic and boy does it make a difference.   Donald and your truly spent the afternoon in a cloud of dust and a ended up with a pile of empty plastic bags that was full of insulation.  Looks pretty good and it does make a difference.

We got our first snow fall of the year and the ole place just shinned in the early morning hours.  Just beautiful we think





The kitchen, extra bedroom, hall and finally the "sleeping porch" will be our next projects.  We're still enjoying every minute (hour or day) of the work process.  Its just going to be beautiful.  All the original owners and users are gonna be proud of the ole place again.

We'll keep you posted and hope to be moving forward.

We would say Happy Holidays, but we say MERRY CHRISTMAS if you get the idea!!!!!!!
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