Mr. Curtis Whitfield

December 30, 2020

Atlanta, Ga. - Mr. Curtis Whitfield, age 70, transitioned to eternal rest Wednesday, December 30, 2020, at the Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia following an extended illness. The Bulloch County native was one of eight children born to Theodore and Pauline Johnson Whitfield. He received his formal education in the Bulloch County School System. Curtis was employed by Blackstone Foundry (later ITT Grinnell) before moving to Orlando, Florida and thereafter Atlanta, where he labored in construction until retirement. He is preceded in death by his parents, Pauline and Theodore Whitfield and a sister who would have been the eldest of the Whitfield children had she survived childbirth. Curtis is survived by: one son, Tyrone (Amber) Wilson; two grandchildren, Thailon and Milan Wilson; two brothers, Roosevelt Whitfield, Covington, Georgia and Irving (Karen) Whitfield, Decatur, Georgia; five sisters, Beatrice and Patricia Whitfield, Alpharetta, Georgia, Linda Ramey, Covington, Georgia, Nancy Whitfield and Laura (Melvin) Johnson, Statesboro, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. A walk through viewing will be Tuesday, January 5, 2021 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hill’s Mortuary, Inc. A graveside service and interment will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Bulloch Memorial Gardens, the Rev. Kenneth Griffin, eulogist and Rev. Maurice Hill, presiding. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and masks will be enforced at the funeral home and graveside services. Regretfully due to COVID, no other gatherings will be held. Final rites have been entrusted to Hill’s Mortuary, Inc.