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Gladys Williams Curtis, 89,
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Gladys Williams Curtis of Murfreesboro died on Saturday, August 24 at NHC in Mufreesboro where she had been in comfort care for several weeks. Funeral services were held on Monday, August 26 at Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Bro. Ben Simpson officiated. Burial was in Salem Cemetery in Liberty.
Mrs. Curtis was born the second of ten children to Mamie Ford Smith and Thomas Clay Smith of Cottage Home on Nov. 13,1923. She was preceded in death by husband Doyal Chester Williams and husband Warren B. Curtis; her parents; two brothers: Bill and Bob Smith; four sisters: Alice Smith, an infant, along with Dorothy Anderson, Katherine Curtis, and Marjorie Ghundt.
A native of DeKalb County, Mrs. Curtis was a member of West Main Baptist Church in Alexandria. Survivors are three children June (Ralph) Vaughn of Murfreesboro, Lenny (Jean) Williams of Greenbrier and Danny (Willa) Williams of Hartsville. Eight grandchildren survive and thirteen great grandchildren. Also, one brother Thomas Smith, Jr. of Franklin and two sisters, Martha Davis of Alexandria and Janie Heath of San Antonio, Texas.
Mrs. Curtis was owner and operator of a beauty shop in Smithville for many years where she had a loyal clientele and formed many lifelong friendships. She later spent twenty years in Orlando, Florida and returned to DeKalb County in 1989 to reside in Alexandria until 2011 when she moved to Murfreesboro.
Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria  was in charge of arrangements.
SMITHVILLE REVIEW
Smithville, TN
September 25, 2013