Johnny Curry

Johnny L. Curry is a former Alabama state representative (1986 - 2002), and former president of the Hueytown Historical Society.

Curry graduated from Hueytown High School. He was elected to the state legislature in 1986 and also served as chair of the Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee. In 1999 Curry sponsored a bill that would have removed professional exemptions from Jefferson County's occupational tax. The exemptions were challenged by a lawsuit brought against the state. Representative John Rogers tussled with Curry in a power play designed to divert all occupational tax funds toward construction of a domed stadium in Birmingham. For his futile efforts, Curry was awarded the "Recurring Road Kill Citation" in a 2000 legislative resolution drafted by Jim Carns.

In 2002 Curry supported a resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention to replace the Alabama Constitution of 1901. Curry, a member of the board of trustees for the American Village in Montevallo, also sponsored the 1998 legislation enacting a 2% lodging tax in Shelby County which funded initial construction of the attraction. He retired from BellSouth in 2006 and is currently on staff as assistant to American Village executive director Tom Walker. He has also served on the board of advisors for the Boys and Girls Club of Central Alabama and as a member of the Hueytown Chamber of Commerce, the Telephone Pioneers of America and Valley Creek Baptist Church.

In 2007 Governor Bob Riley appointed Curry to the Alabama Ironworks Historical Commission which oversees Tannehill Historical Ironworks State Park and Brierfield Historical Ironworks State Park.

References

• Plott, Bill (September 26, 2007) "Johnny Curry appointed to Ironworks Commission." Birmingham News.
• Carns, Jim (May 15, 2000) "Designating the Recipient of the 2000 Shroud Award." House Resolution 593