RAYVILLE  — Robert Curtis Jr. died Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, at Richardson Medical Center in Rayville. He was 62.

Mr. Curtis was an Army retiree, a former security guard for the Vicksburg Warren School District and a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Curtis Sr. and Emma Reed Curtis; a daughter, Talina Curtis; and a sister, Jean Curtis Cooper.

Survivors include Marlina Curtis of Gastonia, N.C.; a daughter, Arlene Curtis of Gastonia; two brothers, Eddie Curtis and Charles Curtis, both of Vicksburg; four sisters, Emma Wade Forest of Pinoe, Calif., Rosa Curtis of Vicksburg, Connie Bingham of District Heights, Md., and Margarite Farrell of Springdale, Md.; and other relatives and friends, including Ester Franklin of Vicksburg.

Williams Funeral Service has charge of the arrangements.