Linda Rose Outlaw Curtis

Linda Rose Outlaw Curtis, was born Thursday 15 Jan 1945 at home in Sumpter, Ark to Henry Elmon Outlaw and Lena Estelle Smith. Her younger sister, Sissy Jean recalls that in her youth she and Linda, along with the dogs would spend the hot summer evenings on the large front porch of the old house watching the stars. "In her mind, we were going to the Methodist church where she was sprinkled and all that. We knew all about heaven from going to services in the mule-drawn wagon to Martin's Chapel. You see, she was scared of the dark and very afraid of ghosts. She believed that when you died, what you became was a star because there were so many of them. And there was nobody that was going to be any brighter and shine like the North star, because nobody was gonna outdo her." Chuckling she added, "You have to let her go, and be her star, because she's gonna out shine everybody." Linda, who had accepted Christ as her personal Savior, became her bright shining star on 13 Nov 2018, at 12:21 p.m. in Little Rock, Ark. after a long-extended illness at Baptist Hospital. Linda graduated from Hermitage High School in 1962. She married Jesse Ross Curtis 15 August 1964 in Sallisaw, Okla. She is survived by their five children; Tony Randall Curtis, of Little Rock; Kimberly Curtis Foy McNeil-Rainwater and Brittany Rainwater, of Benton, Ark.; Brian Lyndell Curtis and LaWanna Mosley, of Mansfield, Texas; Marcus Wade Curtis and Alison Setliff, of Fort Myers, Fla.; Gwendolyn Curtis-Gaston and Adam Gaston, of Mansfield, Texas; her dog and beloved traveling companion, ASTA, formerly of Hensley, Ark., now of Little Rock, Ark.; grandchildren, Keith Foy and wife, Sarah, Kourtney McNeil and companion Alyssa Wagoner, Hannah Makayla McNeil, Conner McNeil, Jackson Headley-Rainwater all of Benton; Abigail Curtis, Miles Gaston, Jack Gaston, Caden Gaston, and Kyle Russell Bys of Mansfield, Texas; and Caitlin Bys of Africa; great-grandchildren; Bryson Foy, of Benton, Ark., Ava Noel Bys, of Mansfield, Texas. Surviving sisters, Lena Angela Belt & Marion D, of Sheridan, Ark.; Betty Sue Butler and Robert C, of Pine Bluff, Ark.; Elizabeth Jean "Sissy" White, of Warren, Ark.; brothers, Henry Allen Outlaw & Cindy Allen, of El Dorado, Ark.; James Elmon Outlaw and Nina Kay Godfrey, of Crossett, Ark.; Keith Edward Outlaw and Jeannie Stuard, and David Merl Outlaw, of Sumpter, Ark. Preceding her in death, were her parents, Henry Elmon Outlaw, 2007 and Lena Estelle Smith, 1990, both of Sumpter, AR; siblings, Peggy Lou Outlaw, 1943, Nettie Joyce Riley, 2007, both of Sumpter, Ark.; Morgan Alonzo Outlaw, 2007 of Hamburg, Ark.; her grandparents, William Alonzo Outlaw, 1952, Etta Mae Wolfe Outlaw, 1957, Joseph Eugene Smith, 1948, Mary "Mollie" Elizabeth Hickman Smith, 1967, all of Sumpter, Ark.; brothers-in-law, Richard Travis Riley, 2016, of Sumpter, Ark.; Curtis Gordon-White, 2014, of Warren, Ark., sisters-in-law; Elaine Lonsberry Outlaw, 2011 of Hamburg, Ark.; Janie Carolyn Shelby Outlaw, 2014, of Warren, Ark.; in-laws Robert Milo Curtis, 1983, Clara Bell Shumate Curtis Cole, 1995, Noel Cole, 1989, all of Little Rock; husband, Jesse Ross Curtis, 2013, Hensley, Ark.; although a host of aunts and uncles preceded her in death, she had a special bond with her Uncle Louis Green Outlaw, 2014, and wife, Lena Belle Mann Outlaw, 1992, of Sumpter, Ark.; aunts Veda Outlaw Pennington, 2003, of Warren, Ark., Verda Outlaw Lowry, 2009, of Johnsville, Ark.; and her beloved dogs, Trixie and D.O.G. Also surviving is Patricia Kay Kinard Outlaw, sister-in-law, 26 nieces and nephews and over 50 great-nieces and nephews, numerous cousins, friends and loved ones. Funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 17, at Frazer's Funeral Home Chapel in Warren, Ark. Visitation begins at 11:30 p.m. Saturday, November 17, at Frazer's. Memorials are preferred to Outlaw Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund. The arrival of the violets in the spring on the banks of the pond at the old Elmon Outlaw place, will be our signal to bring Linda's ashes home for her eternal rest where forever she will be allowed to bloom, even under the shining stars. Online guest register www.frazerfuneralhome.com.