Curtis

Ms. Curtis

WIMBERLEY—Sally Grace Curtis, 72, of Wimberley gave up her courageous bat t le with ovarian cancer overnight on Feb. 28, 2025. After a champagne toast to gathered family and friends the evening of Feb. 26, she died peacefully in her sleep.

She planned no services, leaving that option to her survivors.

She was born on April 16, 1952, in Cameron to Milton Bishop (Coach) Curtis and Sue Grace Cooley Curtis.

Moving to a farm before her second birthday, she grew up in the country and raised beef cattle as her contribution to the family dinner table and 4-H projects. She and her sister were acknowledged to be better handlers of cattle than any of the local cowboys, and Sally was quite proficient in barrel racing on her half-blind mare.

She also completed the full course in piano, learned to play the saxophone, and was still able to play and read music.

She loved the wild animal and bird visitors to her home outside Wimberley.

She was an excellent student and graduated from Rockdale High School in 1970, after attending Rockdale public schools throughout her pre-college education. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975, with a degree in transportation planning and helped plan the first carpooling program for the Department of Highways, before completing courses in finance and accounting to become a Certified Public Accountant.

She was vice president of finance and human resources at MaxServe in Austin for eight years. She owned Rancho Deluxe on the square in Wimberley from 1999 until 2012, buying primarily from local artists. From there she was a senior tax advisor for McGinnis and Berger until her formal retirement at age 70.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by all of her aunts and uncles; two brothers-in-law, Tommie Joe Clark and William (Bill) Tuttle; and one niece.

She is survived by sister Susan Curtis Clark Tuttle of Ponder and two brothers, Charles Patrick Curtis and his wife Christie Smith Curtis of Monroe, Louisiana, Tim Curtis and his wife Kelly Riddell of Indianapolis. She loved her five surviving nieces and two nephews, and her rescue dog, Storm.

Memorials may be made to the MD Anderson Cancer Center or to your local animal shelter or wildlife preserve.

She was cremated, with arrangements by Weed, Corley, Fish Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Austin.