Margaret Curtis

She was born October 5, 1923, in Copiah County, Mississippi and was 87 as the time of her death.

During World War II, and prior to commencing a career in education, she worked in a metallurgical lab at a tube mill in Gary Indiana, as a quality control specialist.

She received a BS in Education from Southern Mississippi College at Clinton, MS. She had an additional 30+ hours in education at McNeese State University.

She taught school in Copiah County, MS for 18 years, before moving to Louisiana, and for 24 years at Grand Lake in Cameron Parish, before her retirement n 1986. She as very active as a professional educator, and is Past President of Alpha Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma professional education fraternity: and is also the Past President of the Cameron Parish Teacher’s Association. She was a member of Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society and was listed I “Outstanding and Distinguished Personalities of the South” published in 1969.

Margaret was initiated in the Ruth Chapter 16 of Order of Eastern Star (OES), Lake Charles, in 1964 and was a dual member of Rebecca Chapter #2, Welsh, LA; She served as Worthy Matron in both chapters several times. Margaret has also held appointments as Grand Representative to Ontario in Louisiana and as Grand Representative to Mississippi in Louisiana. She served as District Deputy Grand Matron in several times in Southwest Louisiana. She was the holder of a Gold Proficiency Certificate issued by the Grand Chapter, State of Louisiana, OES.

Margaret taught Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church, Lake Charles for a number of years. She was a Charter Member of Tom Hebert Road Baptist Church, Where she served as Financial Secretary, as Vacation Bible School Director, and as Sunday School Director.

Margaret was active in several social and community organizations, including Profit and Loss, Republican Round Table, and the Historical Society of SWLA. She was a charter member of the Eugenia Levy Phillips Chapter of the Order of Confederate Rose, and Served as Chaplain.

She was preceded in death by her first husband Clifton Kennedy, by her parents Marvin Oscar Foster and Mary Inez Foster Chadwick, and a brother Willard Boyd Foster. Survivors include her husband, Nathan Curtis, a daughter, Margaret Pauline Kennedy of Nashville, TN and two brothers, Robert m. “Pete” Foster and Clarence Everette Foster, of Hazlehurst, MS.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Curtis will be held on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 10AM in the Chapel of Hixson Funeral Home of Lake Charles. Reverend Chris Fuselier will officiate. Burial will follow in Strong Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Hazelhurst, MS at 2Pm Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Visitation will be held on Monday, October 25 from 5PM -8PM and will continue on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 from 8AM until time of service. Friends may make memorial donations, if they wish, to Tom Hebert Baptist Church, or to ESTARL, through Ruth Chapter 16 of the Order of the Eastern Star, Lake Charles. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com