FRANCES ELIZABETH CURTIS

EAST PRAIRIE -- Frances Elizabeth Curtis, 59, of East Prairie, died Friday, June 10, 1994 at the East Prairie Nursing Center.

She was born Sept. 2, 1934 in Doddsville, Miss., the daughter of Howard and Jessie Albritton Love.

She had lived in Mississippi County for the past two years and was formerly of Osceola, Ark. She attended the Full Gospel Church in East Prairie.

On Sept. 21, 1992, she married Leslie Earl Curtis. He survives.

She is also survived by three sons, Gary Richardson, Grand Rapids, Mich., Ralph Allen Richardson, Blytheville, Ark., Lonnie Richardson, Springfield, Mo.; five daughters, Sandra Elam, Jonesboro, Ark., Diane Wilson, Burdette, Ark., Janice Parnell, Grand Rapids, Mich., Kathy Pay, Des Arc, Ark., Barbara Babb, Plattsburg, N.Y.; four brothers, Carl Martin, Earl, Mack and Johnny Love, all of Blytheville, Ark.; and 19 grandchildren.

Funeral service and visitation were held Saturday at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Brother Burl Britt of East Prairie officiated and burial was in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.