Background
Curtis, Chester Harris was born on March 21, 1913 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Chester Dare and Jennie Mae (Harris) Curtis.
Curtis, Chester Harris was born on March 21, 1913 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Chester Dare and Jennie Mae (Harris) Curtis.
Bachelor, University Mississippi, 1935. Bachelor of Laws, University Mississippi, 1937.
Worked at Holcomb Dunbar, A Professional Association. Admitted to the bar, 1937, Mississippi, United States. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Phi Eta Sigma; Blue Key. Omicron Delta Kappa. Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Mississippi, 1951-1953.
President: University of Mississippi Alumni Association, 1958-1959. Mississippi Law Alumni Association, 1966-1967.
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1967-1968.
Member: Coahoma County and American Bar Associations. The Mississippi Bar (President, 1968-1969). (Also at Clarksdale Office).
President Coahoma County Chamber of C., Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1974. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945, PTO. Member University Mississippi Alumni Association (president 1959, named to Hall of Fame 1985). Lodges: Rotary (local president 1953-1954) (Paul Harris fellow 1984).
Married Katherine Fletcher Parchman. Children: Chester H. Junior.