Beulah Leona Curtis, daughter of the late Alvin and Lottie (Coffman) Owens, was born Sep. 1, 1918, in Wright County, Missouri, and passed away Jan. 9, 2021, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. She was 102 years, 4 months and 8 days of age. Beulah was raised in Wright County. She married Otho Curtis on Sep. 18, 1939, in Gainesville. Together they had seven children. When Beulah and Otho were first married, they ran the Rock Store and then ran the Crossroad Store. Beulah was a hard worker. She worked at Brown Shoe Factory for many years and came home and milked cows at night. She also helped work in the fields and stayed up late making her children’s clothes. Beulah and Otho were baptized together in the Gasconade River. The most important things in her life were the Lord and her family. Beulah loved fishing, but wouldn’t eat fish. She enjoyed working in her flower and vegetable gardens. She was known for her chicken and noodles, but wouldn’t eat chicken. She also loved playing card and word games. Besides her parents, Beulah was preceded in death by her husband, Otho, on March 19, 1990; two sons, Ronald Gene Curtis and Reginald Dene Curtis; three daughters, Marilyn Riggs, Joyce Nunn and Lila Curtis; one grandchild, Ronald Chris Curtis; one son-in-law, Ed Kubisiak; three brothers, Normal Owens, Howard Owens and Bob Owens; and two sisters, May Steinert and Fay Gray. She is survived by two daughters, Nelda Kubisak, of Licking, and Joan Harker and her husband, Paul, of Mountain Grove; 20 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; 48 great-great-grandchildren; one daughter-in-law, Vi Curtis; one son-in-law, Brent Nunn; two sisters-in-law, Juanita Owens and Doris Curtis-Clark; and many nieces, nephews, other family and many friends who will miss her love of life and happy spirit. Graveside services for Beulah Curtis were held Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery with the Rev. Jerry Pinkerton, the Rev. Mathew Todd and Joe Golden officiating. Song selections were “Beulah Land” and “I’ll Fly Away” with Joe Golden serving as musician. Lee Friend, Tony Mangan, Kenny Bohannon, Marty Cantrell, Lyndell Harker,and Dylan Curtis served as pallbearers. Coleman Curtis, Erick Friend, Danny Cantrell, Les Cantrell, Daren Nunnally and Kevin Harker served as honorary pallbearers. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery under the direction of Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home, Mountain Grove. Online condolences: www.craighurttfuneralhome.com.
