Curtis C. Posey 92, of Sapulpa, OK went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 19, 2022, at the Porta Caeli Hospice Home in Tulsa, OK. He was surrounded by family. He was a lifelong resident of Dumas, AR for 80 years before moving to Sapulpa in 2010 due to his wife’s illness. Curtis was born January 9, 1930, on Abner’s Hill near Selma, AR at his home.
He was a farmer all of his life. From an early age farming with his family until retirement at age 75. He loved farming. He loved watching things grow. He farmed Rice, Soybeans and Wheat. Those were his favorites. Before becoming a farmer on his own he cleared farmland with a bulldozer for years and ended up growing soybeans on that same land afterward. He owned the Phillips 66 Station in Dumas, AR during the sixties.
At age 26 he married the love of his life, Miss Annie Louise Harrington. They met at a home party where he played “Spin The Bottle”, which landed on Miss Annie. So, he had to kiss her. It was love from that kiss on. He walked her home from the party, hand in hand. They were married on October 6, 1956. Annie passed from this life May 2013.
Curtis enjoyed hunting of all kinds, fishing, boating and gardening. Working on vehicles from tearing it down to putting it back together complete. But his family he enjoyed the most.
He is survived by his children Randy Posey and his wife, Cindy of Paragould, AR, Rhonda McElhannon Holzer and her husband, Chris (Buster) Holzer of Perkins, OK. and the late Rev. Rick McElhannon and Danna Hubanks, of Siloam Springs, AR.; grandchildren Matt Posey of Corning, AR, Jared Pose and wife, Megan Posey of Manilla, AR, Lindsay Mathis and husband Chris Mathis of Sand Springs, OK Richard (Casey) McElhannon and wife Leann of Salina, OK Katie Spencer and husband Stephen Spencer of Guthrie, OK, Ashley Asencio and husband Steven Asencio of Siloam Springs, AR Dallas Hubanks and wife, Jenny Hubanks of Rogers, AR; great-grandchildren Brock Posey, Addelyn Posey, Olivia Mathis, Emily Mathis, Ethan Mathis, Kylie Jo McElhannon, Lily Ann McElhannon, Ella McElhannon, Silas McElhannon, Addisyn Wilson, Gracie Spencer, Isla Mae Spencer, Alexis Shadle, Jordan Shadle, Dakota Villines and Grace Asencio; parents Raustus W. Posey and wife, Zelma Evans Posey of Shreveport, LA; grandparents John Posey and wife, Effie Posey of Selma, AR; brothers Lee Posey, Billy Posey, Lawrence Posey, Clayton Posey and Earl Wesley Posey; sisters Effie Posey Juanita Shea and a host of other relative and friends.
There will be two Memorial Services for Curtis. One will be Saturday, August 27, 2022, at 2pm, at Cross Pointe Church in Sapulpa, OK. A second Service will be Saturday, September 3, 2022, at 2pm, at the Dumas First Assembly of God Church in Dumas, AR.
A special Thank You goes to the Nurses and Doctors over the years that have kept watch over Curtis. However, many thanks go to dad’s Home Care Nurse Kathy Goodman, and his Advantage Care Worker Amanda Hakes of which played an integral part of his care for many years. They were vital to keeping him home and happy. Also, a very special thanks to the Porta Caeli Hospice Home for their wonderful, beautiful care of dad for the last days of his life
