After nearly a century of loving service to God, her family, her nation and her fellow man, Helen H. Cureton passed away on February 9 at Alexian Village which had been her home for 12 years.
Mrs. Cureton was born Helen Malvina Hatfield in the Summertown section of Signal Mountain on July 19, 1906, the eldest daughter among 13 children born to Absalom and Laura Hatfield. She was educated on Signal Mountain and in Harrogate, Tennessee. A graduate of Lincoln Memorial University, she taught third grade in Hamilton County (Tennessee) until 1931. According to her husband, Dr. Murphy Cureton who was a career Naval Medical Corps Officer, Mrs. Cureton lived in many locations throughout the United States, China, the Philippine Islands and Guam. Mrs. Cureton, along with her elder son, Richard, was evacuated amid shelling and bombing from China during the Japanese invasion of that country. Upon her husband's retirement from the Navy in 1961, she moved to LaFayette, Georgia, where she resided until moving to Alexian Village.
Mrs. Cureton was very active throughout her life as an award winning golfer, bridge player, flower arranger and church member. She was a certified Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging Instructor and won several state-wide competitions in Georgia. She was a long-time active member in the Federated Women's Club and the Georgia Medical Auxiliary. Mrs. Cureton compiled and published a history of the Medical profession in northwest Georgia. She served Episcopal parishes wherever she lived, serving on the Alter Guild, as a Sunday School teacher, a lector, and preparing young people for Confirmation. She was one of the first women elected to a parish Vestry in the Diocese of Atlanta. During her husband's naval career, she was active in the Navy Relief Society, sewing baby clothes and providing counseling for enlisted personnel and their families. She was instrumental in establishing a scholarship fund for Navy and Marine Corps dependents. Of her many accomplishments, she was most proud of having raised two sons who then presented her with loving daughters-in-law and marvelous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her sons admired her for her love for all, her ability to work past hardship and her unfailing optimism. She will be greatly missed but lovingly remembered by all whose lives she touched.
For many years she was a communicant of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Trion, Georgia and more recently of St. Timothy's on Signal Mountain.
Mrs. Cureton was predeceased by her husband, Murphey Killian Cureton, M.D., their son, The Rev. Richard Killian Cureton, M.D., and all of her brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son, Michael Cureton and his wife, Claudia of Myrtle Beach, SC; her loving daughter-in-law Jeanette R. Cureton of Chattanooga; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and her beloved kinfolk, Molly, Richard, Carol and Amy Miles of Signal Mountain.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 630 Mississippi Avenue, Signal Mountain, with The Rev. George Choyce officiating. Graveside services were held Monday, February 14, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. in the National Cemetery.
Mrs. Cureton was born Helen Malvina Hatfield in the Summertown section of Signal Mountain on July 19, 1906, the eldest daughter among 13 children born to Absalom and Laura Hatfield. She was educated on Signal Mountain and in Harrogate, Tennessee. A graduate of Lincoln Memorial University, she taught third grade in Hamilton County (Tennessee) until 1931. According to her husband, Dr. Murphy Cureton who was a career Naval Medical Corps Officer, Mrs. Cureton lived in many locations throughout the United States, China, the Philippine Islands and Guam. Mrs. Cureton, along with her elder son, Richard, was evacuated amid shelling and bombing from China during the Japanese invasion of that country. Upon her husband's retirement from the Navy in 1961, she moved to LaFayette, Georgia, where she resided until moving to Alexian Village.
Mrs. Cureton was very active throughout her life as an award winning golfer, bridge player, flower arranger and church member. She was a certified Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging Instructor and won several state-wide competitions in Georgia. She was a long-time active member in the Federated Women's Club and the Georgia Medical Auxiliary. Mrs. Cureton compiled and published a history of the Medical profession in northwest Georgia. She served Episcopal parishes wherever she lived, serving on the Alter Guild, as a Sunday School teacher, a lector, and preparing young people for Confirmation. She was one of the first women elected to a parish Vestry in the Diocese of Atlanta. During her husband's naval career, she was active in the Navy Relief Society, sewing baby clothes and providing counseling for enlisted personnel and their families. She was instrumental in establishing a scholarship fund for Navy and Marine Corps dependents. Of her many accomplishments, she was most proud of having raised two sons who then presented her with loving daughters-in-law and marvelous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her sons admired her for her love for all, her ability to work past hardship and her unfailing optimism. She will be greatly missed but lovingly remembered by all whose lives she touched.
For many years she was a communicant of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Trion, Georgia and more recently of St. Timothy's on Signal Mountain.
Mrs. Cureton was predeceased by her husband, Murphey Killian Cureton, M.D., their son, The Rev. Richard Killian Cureton, M.D., and all of her brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son, Michael Cureton and his wife, Claudia of Myrtle Beach, SC; her loving daughter-in-law Jeanette R. Cureton of Chattanooga; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and her beloved kinfolk, Molly, Richard, Carol and Amy Miles of Signal Mountain.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 630 Mississippi Avenue, Signal Mountain, with The Rev. George Choyce officiating. Graveside services were held Monday, February 14, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. in the National Cemetery.
After nearly a century of loving service to God, her family, her nation and her fellow man, Helen H. Cureton passed away on February 9 at Alexian Village which had been her home for 12 years.
Mrs. Cureton was born Helen Malvina Hatfield in the Summertown section of Signal Mountain on July 19, 1906, the eldest daughter among 13 children born to Absalom and Laura Hatfield. She was educated on Signal Mountain and in Harrogate, Tennessee. A graduate of Lincoln Memorial University, she taught third grade in Hamilton County (Tennessee) until 1931. According to her husband, Dr. Murphy Cureton who was a career Naval Medical Corps Officer, Mrs. Cureton lived in many locations throughout the United States, China, the Philippine Islands and Guam. Mrs. Cureton, along with her elder son, Richard, was evacuated amid shelling and bombing from China during the Japanese invasion of that country. Upon her husband's retirement from the Navy in 1961, she moved to LaFayette, Georgia, where she resided until moving to Alexian Village.
Mrs. Cureton was very active throughout her life as an award winning golfer, bridge player, flower arranger and church member. She was a certified Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging Instructor and won several state-wide competitions in Georgia. She was a long-time active member in the Federated Women's Club and the Georgia Medical Auxiliary. Mrs. Cureton compiled and published a history of the Medical profession in northwest Georgia. She served Episcopal parishes wherever she lived, serving on the Alter Guild, as a Sunday School teacher, a lector, and preparing young people for Confirmation. She was one of the first women elected to a parish Vestry in the Diocese of Atlanta. During her husband's naval career, she was active in the Navy Relief Society, sewing baby clothes and providing counseling for enlisted personnel and their families. She was instrumental in establishing a scholarship fund for Navy and Marine Corps dependents. Of her many accomplishments, she was most proud of having raised two sons who then presented her with loving daughters-in-law and marvelous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her sons admired her for her love for all, her ability to work past hardship and her unfailing optimism. She will be greatly missed but lovingly remembered by all whose lives she touched.
For many years she was a communicant of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Trion, Georgia and more recently of St. Timothy's on Signal Mountain.
Mrs. Cureton was predeceased by her husband, Murphey Killian Cureton, M.D., their son, The Rev. Richard Killian Cureton, M.D., and all of her brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son, Michael Cureton and his wife, Claudia of Myrtle Beach, SC; her loving daughter-in-law Jeanette R. Cureton of Chattanooga; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and her beloved kinfolk, Molly, Richard, Carol and Amy Miles of Signal Mountain.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 630 Mississippi Avenue, Signal Mountain, with The Rev. George Choyce officiating. Graveside services were held Monday, February 14, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. in the National Cemetery.
Mrs. Cureton was born Helen Malvina Hatfield in the Summertown section of Signal Mountain on July 19, 1906, the eldest daughter among 13 children born to Absalom and Laura Hatfield. She was educated on Signal Mountain and in Harrogate, Tennessee. A graduate of Lincoln Memorial University, she taught third grade in Hamilton County (Tennessee) until 1931. According to her husband, Dr. Murphy Cureton who was a career Naval Medical Corps Officer, Mrs. Cureton lived in many locations throughout the United States, China, the Philippine Islands and Guam. Mrs. Cureton, along with her elder son, Richard, was evacuated amid shelling and bombing from China during the Japanese invasion of that country. Upon her husband's retirement from the Navy in 1961, she moved to LaFayette, Georgia, where she resided until moving to Alexian Village.
Mrs. Cureton was very active throughout her life as an award winning golfer, bridge player, flower arranger and church member. She was a certified Ikebana Japanese Flower Arranging Instructor and won several state-wide competitions in Georgia. She was a long-time active member in the Federated Women's Club and the Georgia Medical Auxiliary. Mrs. Cureton compiled and published a history of the Medical profession in northwest Georgia. She served Episcopal parishes wherever she lived, serving on the Alter Guild, as a Sunday School teacher, a lector, and preparing young people for Confirmation. She was one of the first women elected to a parish Vestry in the Diocese of Atlanta. During her husband's naval career, she was active in the Navy Relief Society, sewing baby clothes and providing counseling for enlisted personnel and their families. She was instrumental in establishing a scholarship fund for Navy and Marine Corps dependents. Of her many accomplishments, she was most proud of having raised two sons who then presented her with loving daughters-in-law and marvelous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her sons admired her for her love for all, her ability to work past hardship and her unfailing optimism. She will be greatly missed but lovingly remembered by all whose lives she touched.
For many years she was a communicant of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Trion, Georgia and more recently of St. Timothy's on Signal Mountain.
Mrs. Cureton was predeceased by her husband, Murphey Killian Cureton, M.D., their son, The Rev. Richard Killian Cureton, M.D., and all of her brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son, Michael Cureton and his wife, Claudia of Myrtle Beach, SC; her loving daughter-in-law Jeanette R. Cureton of Chattanooga; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews and her beloved kinfolk, Molly, Richard, Carol and Amy Miles of Signal Mountain.
Funeral services were held Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 630 Mississippi Avenue, Signal Mountain, with The Rev. George Choyce officiating. Graveside services were held Monday, February 14, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. in the National Cemetery.
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