Emma Curtis of Lubbock, TX was born in Keota Oklahoma to Harmon Lee Netherlain and Dora Mae Reed Netherlain.

She married CD Curtis in 1964, they were married for 60 and ½ years. She passed at home with her children by her side on 4 March 2026, at 83.

Her passions were food, family and faith.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother, her siblings Jesse Mae and Harmon Steven, her husband Carroll Dean and her daughter Anji.

She is survived by her two sons, Larry and his wife Amy, James and his wife Amber, and her daughter Carol and her husband Robert Ellen, her four grandchildren, Johnathan, Christopher, Samantha and her fiancé James Gifford.

Services will be held at:

Lone Star Cowboy Church

1309 E FM 1585

Lubbock, TX 79423

In lieu of flowers please donate to the Lone Star Cowboy Church or Friends of the Library, Lubbock TX.