Dougherty-Lee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Curtis, Sr., Larry Ward  December 31, 2005
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The Albany Herald - January 2, 2006
Larry Ward Curtis Sr.

  ALBANY — The graveside funeral service of Larry Ward Curtis Sr. of 199 Canal 
St.,Leesburg, who died Saturday,December 31, 2005, will be conducted Wednesday, 
at 11 a.m.at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Rev.Frank Hughes will officiate.

A native of Texas, KY, Mr. Curtis was born to the late Lewis and Beatrice Ward 
Curtis. He moved with his parents to Albany from New Washington, IN, in 1958. 
He enlisted in the Army shortly there after for three years. He returned to 
Albany, where he was a bus driver for the
Dougherty  County School System also worked on the Davis Farm. He re-enlisted 
in the Army from 1964-72 and was stationed in Germany for two tours,Ft. Carson, 
CO, Ft. Devon, MA, and  Iceland and served in Vietnam. In 1972 he made Lee 
County home and was a bus dri ver for the Lee County School System. He also 
worked for Oakland   Plantation,Haley Farms, a security guard service and was a 
truck driver before his retirement from MCLB in 1997 after  14 years of 
service. Mr. Curtis was a member of the First Baptist Church of Leesburg, and
was preceded in death by a brother, Gene Curtis.

Survivors  include  his wife, Dorothy   Olene   Curtis   of  Leesburg; two 
sons, Larry Ward Curtis Jr. and Wesley Curtis, both of Sasser; two daughters, 
Wanda Curtis of Leesburg, and Wendy Montgomery and her husband, Brandon of 
Sylvester; two sisters, Judy Schlageter and her husband, Mike of Yukon, OK, and
Connie Curtis of Bargetown, KY; and a granddaughter, Elizabeth Grace Montgomery.

The family will receive friends Tuesday from 7 p.m;-9 p.m. at Mathews Funeral 
Home. Those desiring may make donations to The American Heart Association or 
The First Baptist Church of Leesburg.

To sign our on-line registry or to send your condolences to the family, you  
may visit Mathews website at www.mathewsfuneralhome.com.

Mathews Funeral Home
Albany 229/435-5657

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