Clarence N. Curtis, Jr.

October 30, 1939 - June 4, 2011

Services for Clarence N. Curtis, Jr., 71, Frankfort, will be held Wednesday June 8, 2011, 11:00 AM at LeCompte-Johnson-Taylor Funeral Home. Rev. Richard Summers will officiate. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Frankfort, Ky with military honors. Mr. Curtis passed away Saturday at UK Markey Cancer Center. A native of Flemingsburg. He was retired retail grocer, with Kroger Company and Gateway. He also worked as a mail clerk for State Government. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Frankfort, an alumni of the University of the Cumberlands and Kentucky State University. He was the son of the late Clarence N. and Katherine Hunt Curtis, Sr. Survivors include his wife Joan Kidd Curtis, two sons, James Curtis (Chastity), Louisville and John Curtis (Hope), Frankfort, two sisters, Joyce Mineer and Shirley Prater, both of Maysville. Three grandchildren, Christopher, William and Breanna Curtis. Pallbearers will be Harry Mann, James Allen O’Dare, Bobby Mineer, Dean King, James Rawlings Gerald Curtis Bryan Lay and Larry Hadley. The Keystone Sunday School Class will serve as honorary bearers. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice of the Bluegrass, 663 Teton Trail, Frankfort, KY 40601, First Baptist Church Health Clinic, 201 St. Clair St., Frankfort.