Dovie Curtis Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Dovie N. Curtis, age 92, of Rusk are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 30, 2012 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Copeland officiating. Interment will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home. Mrs. Curtis died January 26th 2012 in a Jacksonville hospital. She was born May 24th 1919 in the Alam Creek Community to the late Nathan Alfred and Jenny Glen Craig Chandler. Mrs. Curtis was a resident of Rusk since 1934 and worked at Rusk State Hospital for 38 years. She was member of the Rusk First United Methodist Church. She was a caregiver of friends and family for many years and a regular contributor to St. Jude Hospital. She was considered a storybook grandmother by her grandchildren. Mrs. Curtis was preceded by her husband William C. Curtis, two brothers, one sister, a son-in-law, James Paul Carney, a daughter-in-law, Myra Jones Curtis and a grandson, James Paul Carney Jr. Survivors include a daughter, Nettie Jean Carney of Memphis TN, two sons, William (Bubsie) Curtis and wife Jane, Charles Edwin Curtis and wife Marie all of Rusk, seven grandchildren, Steve and Sabrina Carney of Brighton TN, Dr’s. Tom and Michelle Curtis of Henderson, Susan Curtis of Carrolton, Jeanna and Glen Heidel of Rusk, Jaye and Claudia Curtis of Lincoln, NE, James and Tonya Curtis of Dickinson, Jennifer Curtis Gustavson and husband Matt of Edison, New Jersey, twenty great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Great grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, January 29th 2012 at the funeral home. If desired memorials may be made to St. Jude Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105 and Rusk First United Methodist Church, PO Box 99, Rusk, TX 75785.

Dovie Curtis

May 24, 1919 - January 26, 2012