Jean Curtis

Chesterfield, SC

Mrs. Jean Hancock Curtis, age 86, died Sunday, July 17, 2016. Funeral services will be 3:00 PM Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel by Phillip Caulder, Jr. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the funeral home until 5:00 PM. A private family committal will be held at the Chesterfield Cemetery.

Mrs. Curtis was born March 25, 1930 in Ruby, SC a daughter of the late Carl Ezra and Annie Campbell Hancock. She was a graduate of Ruby High School and Furman University. Mrs. Curtis was a faithful member of Chesterfield Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher and on various church committees through the years. Mrs. Curtis began her working career as a supervisor with the Chesterfield County School District lunch program and joined her husband Bill in 1961 as co-owner and operator of Curtis Oil Company. She was the first recipient of the Katherine G. Hurst business woman of the year award. Mrs. Curtis loved her Lord, her family, and her flowers. In addition to her parents, Jean was also preceded in death by her twin brothers, Harold and Harris Hancock; her sister, Madge Wilkins; and 1 son-in-law, Kenny Welch.

Survivors include her devoted husband of 63 years, Bill Curtis of the home; children, Dennis Curtis and friend Rosa Privette, Teresa Welch, Dean Curtis and wife Josephine, Douglas Curtis and wife Carol Ann, Danny Curtis and wife Terrie, and Tenita (Jerry) Sellers all of Chesterfield, SC; grandchildren, Amanda Jean Curtis, Jennifer Curtis Grainger and husband Brandon, William Dennis “Will” Curtis, Jr., Clint Welch, Moni C. Rayfield and husband Brandon, Ashley Curtis, Josh Zearfoss and wife Kristy, Jessica Lynch and husband Norman, Faith Sellers, Kirkley Curtis, Natalie Watson and husband Trey, Linsey Curtis, Taylor Curtis, Elizabeth C. Snipes and husband Brandon, Daniel Curtis and Lane Sellers; her great grandchildren, Kaylee, Emma, Stephen, Matthew, Scarlett, Everett, Briley, Reed, and Deacon; 2 sisters, Joyce Rivers of Fletcher, NC and Bertie Willis and husband Joe of Simpsonville, SC; 1 brother, Terry Hancock of Cheraw, SC; numerous nieces and nephews; and her children of the heart, Johnny Rivers and Debbie Lisenby.

The family requests memorials be made in memory of Mrs. Curtis to Chesterfield Baptist Church “Scholarship Fund” 207 E. Main Street, Chesterfield, SC 29709 or the Chesterfield Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 388, Chesterfield, SC 29709


Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield, SC
(www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Curtis Family