Obituary of Moses Curtis (1826-1908), Montgomery Co., AR

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From the North Story newspaper, Story, Montgomery Co., AR; paper dated
14 Apr 1908:

OBITUARY

The subject of our sketch Moses Curtis was born December 26, 1826 in
Burk[e] county, N.C; lived there until grown, them moved to Georgia.
His father was Thomas Moses Curtis b. 1802 NC and died 1885 GA. and his 
mother was Mary Moffitt b. 1797 in NC and d. 1877 in GA.  Married Sallie
Clemons b. ca. 1835 d. ca. 1861-1865  m. ca. 1851 was blessed with four
children
  Thomas Andrew Curtis b. ca 1852 - d. ca. 1915 [my grandfather]
  Sarah Naomi Curtis
  William Allen Curtis
  Dycie Curtis
During the civil war Moses and his oldest son Thomas Andrew fought for
the Union Army and upon arriving home found the Confederate soldiers had
murdered his wife.  He then gathered his 3 children and Thomas and moved
to Menin County, Tennesee where he married Elizabeth Ann Grubb and they
moved to Story, Arkansas and the following children were born;
  James Grant Curtis
  John Asbury Curtis
  Amos H. Curtis
  Benjamin Lafayette Curtis
Elizabeth who preceded him to a higher life some two years ago.  He came
to Arkansas many years ago; lived back in the Muddy Mountins, three
miles from the settlement, in close communion with his God.

Father Curtis was a member of Methodist Church for over fifty years of
his life and died in a full triumph of a living faith.  Died February 14,
1908. He leaves three children and a host of friends and relatives to
mourn his death, but our loss is heaven's gain. We no longer look into
his aged face nor hear his voice, but he still lives in the hearts of 
our people.

Funeral serverices were held the 5th, at Liberty, conducted by Elder
Southard Rev. G. L. Gray; the text was St. John II[I?], chapter 11, 25th
verse.

His heart, was like a garden,
Old-fashioned, quaint and sweet;
A wealth of buds and blossoms,
Hid in a still retreat
 
Sweet violets of sympathy,
Were always opening there
And Liillies, white and pure, enclosed
Each one, a whispered prayer.
 
And from it still floats back to us,
Ovecoming sin and strife,
Sweet as the breath of roses' bloom,
The fragrance of his life


[Moses Curtis was the great-grandfather of Penny Curtis Spencer.  She
can be reached at 36635 Lisa Court, Springfield, OR 97478]