Funeral services for Edward "Fellow" Curtis, Jr., 94, of Vidalia, LA will be held Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 11:00am from Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Vidalia. He will be laid to rest beside his wife, Bessie Chatman Curtis at the Natchez National Cemetery in Natchez, MS. The United States Navy will perform military honors. Rev. Earnest Ford, Sr. will officiate. A visitation will be held Tuesday evening from 5 to 7pm at the funeral home.

Mr. Curtis was born in Vidalia, LA son of Edward and Patsy Carr and died at Natchez Regional Medical Center in Natchez. He served his country during World War II and was a oilfield truck driver.

He is survived by two sons, Thomas Curtis and his wife, Shirley of Alhambra, CA; James Curtis of Torrance, CA; a grandson he raised as a son, Calvin Curtis and his wife, Debra of Vidalia; four daughters, Margie Turner and Mary Smith of Vidalia; Edna Horn of Los Angeles, CA; Jacqueline Smith of Fresno, TX; one brother, Eli Curtis of Las Vegas, NV; fourteen grandchildren, seventeen great grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one son, Edward Curtis, III, one daughter, Clara Bowman and granddaughter,
Cynthia Bowman