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Howard Lee Curtis, 90, of Greenville, formerly of the Shady Grove community, died the afternoon of September 25, 2008, at his residence. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. September 27, 2008, at the Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel with Leon Goff officiating. Burial follows in Forest Park Cemetery.
Son of Julius Guy and Myrtle Amanda Parrott Curtis, he was born June 27, 1918, in the Shady Grove Community. On December 25, 1938, he married Opal Duffer in Cash. He was a cotton farmer and worked for ESCO Transformer for 23 years. Mr. Curtis was a member of Southside Church of Christ.
Survivors are a son, Howard Sherrel Curtis and wife Joyce of Greenville, and grandchildren James Howard Curtis of DeSoto and Sheri Denise Curtis of Grapevine.
He was preceded in death by his parents, all of his brothers and sisters, his wife in 2003 and one son, Dennis, in l960.
Pallbearers are Lyndel Butler, Shell Gunnels, Jerry Morrison, Don Stephens, Clint Stuart and Dean Sullins. Elton Baxter, Cecil Leake and Troy Kelley are honorary pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to the Parkinson Foundation.