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Johnston Albert Curtis
10 Jul 1885 – 26 Apr 1948
| Birth | 10 Jul 1885 |
| Death | 26 Apr 1948 |
| Cemetery | New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery Iuka , Tishomingo County , Mississippi , USA |
| Added by | BonnieGober12 on 09 Apr 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50881405 |
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(Please note: I am granddaughter of Josie & Albert Curtis. When Albert Curtis died in 1948, his widow Josie Curtis placed a double marker on his grave at New Salem which included her own name and date of birth. When Josie Curtis died in 1975, she was buried in Center Hill Cemetery, Counce (near Pickwick), Hardin County, Tennessee, beside their son Joseph R. G. Curtis who died in 1964 … Center Hill is a short distance from the little home where Josie Curtis lived out her days after the death of Albert Curtis in 1948. Bonnie Gober Crocker, daughter of Wm Noonan Gober & Raney Curtis Gober McAnally) Johnston Albert Curtis was the son of Jefferson Davis "Jeff" Curtis and Mary Ellen Osborn. He married Josie Albinah Smith on April 14, 1907 when he was 21 years of age. They were the parents of 12 children: three sons and nine daughters. He was known all his life as Albert Curtis, an honorable, decent and kind man. He was a large bear of a man with huge hands and a gentle nature. On the day of his death, he had just finished helping friends dig his friend Buck Woods' grave at Center Hill Cemetery, and as he climbed out, he suddenly fell back by the grave, dead of a heart attack. Granddaughter Charlene Wood Blakney remembered: "when someone died in the community, the church bell would ring and all the men in the community would come and help dig the grave. He was showing two friends who helped his new "safari" hat that he used to swat the bees at the barn. Papa Curtis then fell over dead by the open grave." When his daughter Raney was on her death bed in May of 1992, she suddenly opened her eyes and said "today is my daddy's birthday." From the time she was about five years of age, Raney had helped her father in the fields. Til she died, she kept a pair of his old overhalls that had been cut down for her to wear as she worked. Raney adored her father, as did all his children, and Raney spoke of him often. She missed him til the day she died. Granddaughter Bonnie remembers: Grandpa Albert Curtis died two days before my fifth birthday and was buried on my birthday. I remember that he was laid out in a casket on a large table in the breezeway of his home just down the road from Center Hill Baptist Church. Crowds came to pay their respects at the home. I remember a great feeling of warmth and love and getting lots of hugs. Then that night before the funeral the next day, someone gave me a quilt and I fell asleep on the floor. _____ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007: Name: Johnson Albert Curtis SSN: xxx-xx-xxxx Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 12 Jul 1885 Birth Place: Tishamingo, Mississippi Father: Jefferson Curtis Mother: Ellen Osborne Type of Claim: Original SSN. Notes: Jan 1940: Name listed as JOHNSON ALBERT CURTIS
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Siblings
- William Moses "Will" Curtis 1882–1966
- John Edward Curtis 1883–1964
- Samuel Curtis 1884–1884
- Susan Elizabeth "Lizzie" Curtis 1887–1902
- Joseph David "Joe" Curtis 1888–1957
- Rosa "Rosie" Curtis Wood 1889–1914
- Mollie E. Curtis 1890–1891
- Belle Curtis Duncan 1892–1965
- Jeff Sylvester "Jeffie" Curtis 1894–1941
Children
- Ruth Jewel Curtis South 1908–1984
- Ruby Frances Curtis South 1912–1969
- Raney Lee Belle Curtis Gober McAnally 1913–1992
- Reba Dee Ivy "Reb" Curtis Wood 1915–2000
- Rilla Odessa Curtis Riddle 1918–1997
- Rena Mae "Shorty" Curtis Freeman 1922–2001
- Raymond Curtis 1925–1925
- Joseph R. G. Curtis 1927–1964
- Rudelle Curtis 1930–1930
- Alma Racine Curtis Young 1931–1993
- Virginia Rudean Curtis Seaton 1933–2018
- Ressie Remelda Albinah "Nooch" Curtis Black Hall 1938–2001
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