Obituary: The Eldon Advertiser, June 1978 Mrs. Electie Cornelia Currence, 84, Rte. 1, Barnett, died Thursday, June 8, 1978, at Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Versailles. She had been at the nursing home since October 1976. She was born July 23, 1893, at Iberia, to James T. and Melinda Rook Drace. Oct. 20, 1926, she was married at Versailles to Henry K. Currence, who survives. Mrs. Currence spent all of her married life in the Barnett area. She was a member of the Barnett Baptist Church. In addition to her husband she is survived by one step-son, Orville E. Currence, Eldon; a step-daughter, Mrs. Ermadene Ward, Springdale, Ark.; and four step-grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild. One stepson, Melvin Currence, preceded her in death Oct. 21, 1968. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Barnett Union Church with the Rev. Kenneth Connell officiating. Burial was in Green Ridge Cemetery under the direction of Phillips Funeral Home.