In Memoriam 2020: Business
Brownlee Currey entered the Nashville Banner newsroom en route to his office with the quick-striding yet delicate confidence of an expert tennis player sizing up a drop shot at the net. In the last days of the old-time newspaper milieu of shouted commands, strong black coffee, cigarette-smoke haze and whiskey bottles hidden deep in desk drawers, Brownlee wore dapper custom suits and invariably had a smile on his face. Smiling! And we’re on deadline! Brownlee O. Currey Jr. — who died this year at age 91, followed several months later by the passing of his beloved wife Agneta — didn’t ...
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