Born July 14, 1936, in Braggadocio, Mo., son of Estella Ross Loggins and the late Jimmy Loggins, he was employed at H.S. Smith Funeral Home.

On Oct. 25, 1999, he married Seyless Leech, who survives.

Survivors also include eight children, Norma Jean Chu and Curley Loggins, Jr., both of Chicago, Ill., Pierre Leech, of Columbia, Mo., Tina, Joshua, Marquis, Chastity and Marcedus Leech, all of Caruthersville, Mo.; his mother, Estella Ross Loggins, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., and 17 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Henry.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 1, at the H.S. Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Caruthersville, with the Rev. Kenny Lee officiating.

Burial was in the Morgan Ridge Cemetery at Caruthersville.