Longtime Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes staff member dies at 91

Longtime business administrator for the Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries (ABCH) Jack Milton Curtis died Sept. 22. He was 91.

Curtis served ABCH from 1964 to 1998. Curtis received a commendation from the Alabama House of Representatives in 1998 for his achievements with ABCH.

During the Korean conflict Curtis served in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves.

Curtis served with the Southern Baptist Business Officer’s Conference from 1966 until 1998 and in 1999 received the Taylor Daniel Award of Merit. Curtis also served on the Annuity Board (now GuideStone Financial Resources) of the Southern Baptist Convention.

He was a deacon and Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church, Troy, and after retiring from ABCH was a member of First Baptist Church, Alexander City, for 17 years until moving to Plano, Texas, to be closer to his son and family.

Curtis is survived by his wife of 69 years, Mattie Lou; his son, Clay; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.