Curtis B. Doss

Born: Ju­ly 4, 1922, Mc­Ghee, Ar­kan­sas.
Died: Jan­u­ary 29, 2011, Cross­ett, Ar­kan­sas.
Buried: Cross­roads Cem­e­te­ry, Cross­ett, Ar­kan­sas.

Curtis Benson Doss, born on July 4, 1922, in McGehee to Clyde Doss and Estelle Boone Clayton, was a retired accounting office employee of Georgia-Pacific Corporation in Crossett. Following his retirement, he served as minister of music for Baptist churches in Crossett, Hazen, North Little Rock, Hot Springs Village and Bastrop, LA.

He was a gospel music songwriter of many years, publishing songs for Jeffress Music Co. and Stamps Quartet Music Co. of Dallas, TX. He was a member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and First Baptist Church of Crossett. He and his wife, Norma, formed the Wonder State Quartet in 1947, traveling the South performing at conventions and churches.

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