COLDSPRING, Texas — Elmer Dwayne Curnutte, 79, of Coldspring, Texas, formerly of Altamont, died at 10:20 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, at Memorial Health Systems of East Texas in Lufkin, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Bobbye Jo Curnutte, of the home.

The service will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery near Chetopa. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and may be left at or mailed to the funeral home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, 67336.

Complete obituary details will be announced later.

Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com.