CURTIS ROOSEVELT LEE,SR. WAS BORN APRIL 10,1935 TO THE LATE ROBERT AND SARAH [SIMMONS]LEE,CURTIS WAS THE SEVENTH OF TWENTY CHILDREN BORN TO THE COUPLE SHE SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE AS A RESIDENT OF PASQOTANK COUNTY,NC.CURTIS ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ELIZABETH CITY.HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LABORER FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN CURRITUCK.HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN LIFE WAS HIS LOVE OF GOSPEL MUSIC.IN THE FALL OF 2005,CURTIS WAS HONORED BY THE BOYD FAMILY AS THE LAST SURVIVING ORINGINAL MEMBER OF THE GOSPEL GROUP,THE STARLIGHTS,HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE TO THE STAGE FOR A FINAL PERFORMANCE AND STILL ABLE TO HIT THOSE HIGH NOTES!HE WAS MARRIED TWICE,FIRST TO MARY ARMSTRONG ON MAY17,1956 AND LATER IN LIFE TO RUTH GALLOP.CURTIS AND MARY HAD FOUR CHILDREN;CURTIS,BETTY JEAN,CALVIN AND BRENDA.CURTIS AND RUTH HAD NO CHILDREN DURING THERE MARRIAGE AND RUTH PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.OUR HEAVENY FATHER DISPATCHED ANGELS FROM HEAVEN TO TAKE HOME OUR BELOVED FATHER,BROTHER AND FRIEND,ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 15,2006AFTER A RECENT STROKE.HE WAS CARED FOR BY THE KIND HEARTS AND HANDS OF W.R.WINSLOW MEMORIAL HOME STAFF.HIS PASSING WAS PEACEFUL AND WITHOUT PAIN. HIS MEMORY WILL BE CARRIED ON IN THE HEARTS OF HIS SURVIVING CHILDREN-CURTIS JR.BETTY JEAN AND CALVIN;HIS GRANDCHILDREN;FOUR SISTERS-CHRISTINE GREGORY GERTUDE GREGORY SUSIE ARMSTRONG[ALVIN] AND MARY LEE OF ELIZABETH CITY,NC;DEVOTED FRIEND AND CAREGIVER-DELORIS GIBBS;NIECES,NEPHEWS,AND FRIENDS.