AREA OBITUARIES -- BOBBY CURLIN

Bobby Curlin, 89, of Clinton, KY passed away Sunday, February 2, 2025 at The Waters of Union City, TN.

He was born June 26, 1935 in Graves County, Ky., to the late Thomas Nettleton Curlin and Charlene Suiter Curlin.

Bobby was a retired factory worker, EMT, farmer and carpenter and graduate of the former Cayce High School. 

He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church, served many years as a Deacon at Moscow Baptist Church where he was always involved with committees, building projects, and constructing props for Bible school.

Bobby enjoyed sports, especially basketball and baseball, he coached many little league baseball teams and was very active with his grandchildren attending many of their sporting events, taking them on trips, and building numerous toys for them, including beautiful dollhouses. 

He was an avid Kentucky Wildcats and St. Louis Cardinals fan. 

Bobby was a fine carpenter who built furniture and raised Horses and Labrador Retrievers. He enjoyed photography and was rarely seen without his camera or video recorder. Bobby was a commissioned Kentucky Colonel.

He is survived by two sons, Keith Curlin of Union City, Tenn., and Gregory Scott (Melanie) Curlin, of Fulton, Ky.; three grandchildren, Ashley (Jacob) McKinnis of Union City, Tenn.,Casey (Layton) Scarbrough of Henderson, Ky. ,and Allie (Matthew) Webb of Henderson, Ky.; four great-grandchildren, Drew McKinnis of Union City, Tenn., Wesley James McKinnis of Union City, Tenn., Harrison Lee Webb and Eloise Glenn Webb of Henderson, Ky.; one brother Charles Curlin of Cayce, Ky..

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Ruth Stacey Curlin whom he married December, 18, 1955,a daughter Sabrina Ann Curlin and one brother Donald Curlin.

Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 8, 2025 in the Hornbeak Funeral Chapel with Bro. Donnie Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery in Clinton, Ky. Visitation will be held Saturday from 12 p.m. until the hour of service at Hornbeak Funeral Chapel.

Hornbeak Funeral Chapel in Fulton is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to: Liberty Baptist Church, 2842 State Route 781 S Fulton, KY 42041; Oakwood Cemetery, C/O Eddie Roberts, 2265 Hickman Rd Clinton, KY 42031