Background
Waller, Curtis L. was born on January 9, 1887 in Silver Creek, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Mikell and Clara Cordelia (Longino) Waller.
Waller, Curtis L. was born on January 9, 1887 in Silver Creek, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Mikell and Clara Cordelia (Longino) Waller.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Mississippi College, 1908. Bachelor of Laws Millsaps College, 1910. Graduate School Military aeronautics, Texas, 1918.
Annual Admitted to Mississippi bar, 1910. Private secretary to Pat Harrison, member Congress, 1911. Member firm Gex and Waller, Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi, 1914-1927.
Waller and Pepper, 1930-1937, Waller and Meginniss, 1937-1940, Tallahassee, Florida, appointed United States District judge, Northern and Southern districts Florida, 1940.
Appointed United States circuit judge, Fifth Circuit, 1943.
Served in World War I. Member Mississippi Legislature, 1924, Florida Legislature, 1933. Member Florida State, American bar associations, Kappa Alpha.
Member Phi Alpha Delta, Elks, American Legion. Club: Army and Navy (Washington).
Married Lucy McGinn, December 8, 1920.