Obituaries:  Mrs. Geraldine Curtis, Sabine Parish       C-632
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 27, 1998
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Mrs. Geraldine Curtis (Photo)

  Mrs. Geraldine Curtis, 74, of Many, died Saturday, May 23, at
her residence.

  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 25, at First
Baptist Church of Many, with interment following at Zion Hill
Cemetery in Negreet. Dr. Ed Scott, the Rev. John Koelemay, and
the Rev. Billy Burkett officiated.

  Mrs. Curtis served the public for 34 years in the Sabine Parish
Clerk of Court's office. She was Chief Deputy under several
administrations, before retiring in 1984. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Many, Chapter 171 Order of Eastern Star,
the Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce, the Toledo Bend Lake
Association, and the South Toledo Bend Civic Association.

  Survivors include four children, Douglas W. Curtis Jr. and wife
Beverly of Tallulah, John W. Curtis and wife Pam of Many, Linda
L. Curtis of Toledo Bend, and Phyllis Longmire and husband David
of Shreveport; 14 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; a
nephew, Chris Moore of Coushatta; sister-in-law, Pat Moore of
Shreveport; and a special friend, John Hodnett of Florien. Mrs.
Curtis was preceded in death by her father, John C. Moore Jr.;
her mother, Dovie L. Raybourn; and her brothers, John W. Moore.

  Pallbearers were her grandsons, John W. Curtis Jr., Jess T.
Curtis, Joe Louviere, Jon Worley, Moses Curtis, Chuck Bradford,
and Kevin Bradford. Honorary pallbearers were Evonne Gandy,
Maggie Harvey, Doris M. Wright, Dollie M. Knippers, Carol
Pattison, Alice Garner, and Mildred Hayes.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.