Individual Details
Jessie Louise Young
(7 Mar 1918 - 5 May 2005)
A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Garden of Memories Cemetery, Colbert, for Jessie L. Curtis, 87, Durant, who died Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Norman Ford will officiate.
She was born Thursday, March 7, 1918, in Grayson County, Texas, to Albert Young and Eunice Reed/Hawkins. She married Daniel LeeRoy Curtis in December 1937 in Los Angeles, Calif. She came to Texoma in 1935 and came to Oklahoma many times over the years to see her friends and family. She retired with her husband in Colbert in 1978. She attended First Baptist Church in Colbert. She enjoyed crocheting, gardening and cooking.
She was preceded in death by her sons Billy Dan Curtis and Edward Burl Curtis.
She is survived by her husband of the home; son Albert Curtis, Durant; grandsons Danny Curtis, San Francisco, Calif., Darin Curtis, San Diego, Calif., and Jesse Curtis, Durant; sister Dora McKee, Denison, Texas; great-grandchildren Dylan Curtis, El Cajon, Calif., Emma Curtis, Durant, and McKenzie Lea Curtis, El Cajon; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Pallbearers will be Darin Curtis, Danny Curtis, Jesse Curtis, Keith Welch, Andrew Welch and Van Young.
Condolences may be sent to the family at dhfh@communicomm.com. Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Read more: Durant Daily Democrat - Jessie L Curtis 87
She was born Thursday, March 7, 1918, in Grayson County, Texas, to Albert Young and Eunice Reed/Hawkins. She married Daniel LeeRoy Curtis in December 1937 in Los Angeles, Calif. She came to Texoma in 1935 and came to Oklahoma many times over the years to see her friends and family. She retired with her husband in Colbert in 1978. She attended First Baptist Church in Colbert. She enjoyed crocheting, gardening and cooking.
She was preceded in death by her sons Billy Dan Curtis and Edward Burl Curtis.
She is survived by her husband of the home; son Albert Curtis, Durant; grandsons Danny Curtis, San Francisco, Calif., Darin Curtis, San Diego, Calif., and Jesse Curtis, Durant; sister Dora McKee, Denison, Texas; great-grandchildren Dylan Curtis, El Cajon, Calif., Emma Curtis, Durant, and McKenzie Lea Curtis, El Cajon; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Pallbearers will be Darin Curtis, Danny Curtis, Jesse Curtis, Keith Welch, Andrew Welch and Van Young.
Condolences may be sent to the family at dhfh@communicomm.com. Dalton-Holmes Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Read more: Durant Daily Democrat - Jessie L Curtis 87
Events
| Birth | 7 Mar 1918 | Grayson County, Texas | |||
| Marriage | 20 Dec 1937 | Los Angeles County, California - Daniel LeRoy Curtis |  |  | |
| Death | 5 May 2005 | Dallas, Dallas County, Texas | |||
| Burial | 7 May 2005 | Colbert Garden of Memory Cemetery, Bryan County, Oklahoma | |
Families
| Spouse | Daniel LeRoy Curtis (1913 - 2005) |
| Child | William Dan Curtis (1938 - 1954) |
| Child | Edward Burl Curtis (1942 - 1997) |
| Child | Living |
Notes
Marriage
Daniel Leroy CurtisEvent Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Dec 1937
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Year (Estimated): 1913
Father's Name: A F Curtis
Mother's Name: Rosa E Mathews
Spouse's Name: Jessie Louise Young
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1918
Spouse's Father's Name: Albert Young
Spouse's Mother's Name: Eunice Reed
Note: Marriage Record
Endnotes
1. California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8VS-YCM.
2. Find a Grave Memorial 66039719.