Thu. May 27th 2010
David Allen Curlin, 40, a resident of Pine Bluff, died Saturday, May 22, 2010, at Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock.
Born Jan. 1, 1970, in Pine Bluff, he was a son of George Curlin and Rita Rocconi Gronwald.
Mr. Curlin was reared and received his early education in Watson Chapel. He was a 1988 graduate of Watson Chapel High School. He was the first student to receive a four-year engineering scholarship from the R. O. T. C. In 1990 he joined the United States Marine Corps to serve in Desert Storm. After his service he joined the Pine Bluff Fire Department and worked fourteen years as a firefighter rising to the rank of lieutenant. He also served as the training officer for the Fire Department. He was also a member of the Watson Chapel Volunteer Fire Department. David Allen Curlin married Pamela Spriggs in Pine Bluff, in August of 2008.
Mr. Curlin was preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandparents.
Survivors include his wife, Pamela Spriggs Curlin; three daughters, Tarah Curlin, Katherine Brianne Curlin, and Kaylee Curlin, all of Pine Bluff; one step-daughter, Haley Appleget of Fayatteville; father and step-mother, George and Phyllis Curlin of Pine Bluff; mother and step-father, Rita and Joe Gronwald of Redfield; two brothers, Joseph Edward Gronwald of Grand Cane, La., and Jason Gronwald of Hensley; one sister, Christina McDaniel of Pine Bluff.
The visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 28, 2010, at the Pine Bluff Convention Center with Chaplain Dave Henderson officiating. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery by Ralph Robinson & Son.
Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial: P.O. Box 56470 Little Rock, Ark.72215.
 LIEUTENANT DAVID CURLIN 1-1-1970 - 5-22-2010
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