Obituaries:  Alton Louis Curtis, Sabine Parish       C-632
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 19, 1990
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Alton Louis Curtis (Photo)

  Funeral services for Alton Louis Curtis of Shreveport, were held
at Osborn Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, September 18, at 2:30
p.m., with Dr. Lynn Jones of Highland Baptist Church,
officiating. Burial followed in Forest Park Cemetery.

  Mr. Curtis died in Baton Rouge on Sunday, September 16,
following a brief illness. He was 81.

  Born in Negreet, Mr. Curtis was a graduate of Negreet High
School He had served as Chief Deputy Clerk in the Sabine Parish
Clerk of Court's Office, before moving to Shreveport, where he
resided for over 40 years. He was retired with 24 year of
service, from 1951-1975, as a U. S. District Court Clerk.

  Mr. Curtis was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Jewel Bilbray
Curtis.

  Survivors include two sons, Claude Curtis and his wife Debbie of
Arlington, Texas, and Gary Curtis and his wife Kathy of Baton
Rouge; a daughter, Janice Ammons of Arlington, Texas; three
sisters, Gertie Curtis, and Joella Gandy, both of Many, and Inez
Fair of Baton Rouge; six grandchildren, Steven Curtis, Greg
Curtis, Jacqueline Curtis, David Michael Curtis, Chase Curtis,
and Karen Ammons of Many. He is also survived by one great
grandchild, Kristin Curtis.

  Mr. Curtis was a member of the Highland Baptist Church.

  Pallbearers were Steven Curtis, Greg Curtis, M. H. Wright, Percy
Curtis, Dan Albritton, and Lonnie R. Curtis.