Curtis served two tours of duty in Vietnam and finished out his military career at El Toro Marine Base as the Human Resource Sergeant Major.

He was preceded in death by his father Roosevelt Branch Sr., his mother Mamie Branch, his brother Robert Branch, and his daughters Pam Branch and Eugenia Branch. He is survived by wife Celeste Branch, daughter Patricia Yarbourgh, stepsons Michael Turner, Terry Turner  and Victor Kelly, stepdaughter Yvonne Turner, brother Roosevelt Branch Jr., sisters Rena Logan, Ora Hemphill, Erma Branch, Evelyne Wray, Katherine Jeffries and Lucille Logan, 10 grandchildren and a host of family and friends.