Anthony Curley

ANTHONY WAS BORN TO THE LATE CLARENCE CURLEY AND HARRIETT MCCAULEY IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA ON MAY 30, 1960. ANTHONY, KNOWN AS "NIPPY" TO HIS CLOSE FRIENDS WAS THE YOUNGER OF TWO CHILDREN WHO LOVED BEING BY HIS BIG BROTHER'S SIDE GROWING UP, AS NOTED IN SO MANY FAMILY PICTURES YOU CAN SEE THEM HOLDING HANDS:

HIS PROTECTOR. ANTHONY HAD A FIRM BELIEF IN GOD, WHOM HE ACCEPTED AT AN EARLY AGE.

ANTHONY WAS EDUCATED IN THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL SYSTEM GRADUATING FROM BOK TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE PLAYED ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM. UPON GRADUATION HE BEGAN HIS COLLEGIATE EDUCATION AT SHAW UNIVERSITY IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE DEVELOPED A BROTHERHOOD OF LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIPS. HE LATER DECIDED TO LEAVE AND COME BACK TO PHILLY TO WORK WHERE HE TOOK A JOB AT KATHARINE GIBBS SCHOOL AND GROWTH HORIZONS.

DETERMINED TO ACQUIRE HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE HE ATTENDED LASALLE UNIVERSITY RECEIVING A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BBA) IN ACCOUNTING (2002), HE THEN WENT ON TO GRADUATE FROM ROSEMONT COLLEGE RECEIVING A MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) IN MANAGEMENT (2005).

ANTHONY, ENJOYED BEING AN ACCOUNTANT, HE WORKED AT SEVERAL LARGE COMPANIES PNC BANK, UNITED NATIONAL INDEMNITY GROUP, TRANSIT WORKERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, DEVEREUX FOUNDATION WHERE HE BECAME AN INTERNAL AUDITOR, THIS POSITION GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL WHICH GAVE HIM GRATIFICATION AND RESPECT, THIS IS WHEN HE TRULY BECAME THE "MARTHA STEWART" OF FINE DINING, AFTER EIGHT YEARS HE TOOK A POSITION AT THE PHILADELPHIA VA MEDICAL CENTER, AND THEN COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL HE DEPARTED PEACEFULLY AT HOME ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2024.

ANTHONY LIVED HIS LIFE TO THE FULLEST, HE ENJOYED AND DID THE THINGS THAT HE WANTED TO DO. HIS APPEARANCE AND STYLE OF DRESS WAS ALWAYS IMPECCABLE. YOU COULD ALWAYS FIND HIM SHOPPING AT HIS FAVORITE STORES NORDSTROM'S AT THE KING OF PRUSSIA MALL, BOYD'S, OR ERNESTO'S CUSTOM TAILOR. HE LOVED THE FINE ARTS, ATTENDED MUSICAL CONCERTS, PLAYS, COMEDY AND JAZZ CLUBS. SOME OF HIS FAVORITE ARTISTS WERE CARLOS SANTANA, BONEY JAMES, EARTH WIND AND FIRE. A DEVOTED EAGLES FAN, ANTHONY CHEERED HIS TEAM ON WITH UNWAVERING LOYALTY THROUGH VICTORIES AND DEFEATS. HE SPENT

QUALITY TIME WITH HIS BROTHER, FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY HIS TWO GREAT NEPHEWS, HE WAS PROUD OF KODY AND HIS FOOTBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND JADEN FOR HIS LOVING ATTITUDE WHICH KEPT HIM SMILING. HE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS SPECIAL FRIEND APRIL JOHNSON-RANDALL TRAVELING, GOING TO CONCERTS AND DINNERS. HE CHERISHED HIS RELATIONSHIPS AND DAILY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS FRIENDS CAROL SPELLS AND HIS BEST FRIEND JACK WILSON.

ANTHONY LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES ONE BROTHER, JULIUS B. CURLEY, (MARIE CURLEY) (2) NIECES, (1) NEPHEW, 11 GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS,

11 GREAT-GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND TWO LIFE LONG AND DEAR FRIENDS CAROL SPELLS AND JACK WILSON.

LOVINGLY SUBMITTED,

THE FAMILY