Curtis Harrison Gordon, Jr. was born on May 13, 1952 in Florence, South Carolina to the late Vivian Ann Mitchell Gordon and Curtis Harrison Gordon, Sr.  He departed this life on September 2, 2024 at Mercy Hospital in Hempstead, NY.

In 1955, when Curtis was 3 years old his Mother, Father and older sister, Drugica moved to the Bronx where the family lived until Curtis was 10 years old at which time the family moved to Brooklyn.

Curtis attended P.S. 66 in the Bronx, PS 270 and JHS 117 in Brooklyn and graduated from Richmond Hill HS in Queens.   Curtis worked at various businesses while in school but after graduation he decided to use his construction and business skills to work for himself.  Curtis always believed in working for himself and tried several businesses to find his niche.  He was always a hard worker and his customers were well pleased with his work.

Curtis had numerous interests, hobbies and activities he loved to do.  Music, dance and horses were his passions from a young man.  Curtis was an avid swimmer and he and his father would go to the pools on a regular basis in the summers.  He also loved sports, particularly wrestling.  As a young man, he made it a point to attend as many live wrestling matches in Madison Square Garden as he could and when he did not see them in person he watched wrestling weekly on TV.  He was a good chess and checkers player and competed against lots of friends and family.   In his later years, Curtis took an interest in art and started doing numerous drawings and sketches, which he loved doing and he could spend many hours doing his art.  He was also a connoiseur of good food and beverage.  He had grown up in a home where his Mother was a great cook who cooked everyday so he knew what good food was.  He even learned how to cook several dishes and occasionally would cook some of his favorites.

Curtis was a good, kind, compassionate, and caring person, always ready to help if he could and was generous with his resources and time.  He always had a big smile when he greeted family and friends.   Curtis loved to have fun and joke around with family and friends.  He will be missed by all his family, relatives and friends.  Curtis loved and never forgot his family and was always there to give cousel and moral support.

Curtis was preceded in death by his mother Vivian Ann Mitchell Gordon, his father Curtis Harrison Gordon, Sr., and his sister Karen Laurinda Gordon.

Curtis is survived by loving and devoted members of his family:  his sister Drugica Gordon, his brother Larry Gordon, his twin sisters Brenda Gordon and Belinda Khan all of Brooklyn, NY; his three nieces Takiyah Gordon Austin of Stockbridge, GA, Shivon Sessoms of Brunswick, NJ and Catriona Lewis of Edgewood, MD; seven grandnieces and grandnephews Kharizmah Gordon of Brooklyn, NY, Destinee Gordon of Stockbridge, GA, Tazear Peters, Casserra Peters, Fariji Lewis and Jordyn Lewis all of Edgewood, MD, Omari Sessoms of Brunswick, NJ and one great grandniece Khloe Gordon of Brooklyn, NY; and a host of cousins, relatives, friends, acquaintances and neighbors.