Remembering Dr. Philip Curd - Quotes from the Community

At the WHC 50th year celebration he was so proud of the organization's commitment to serve their communities. His legacy lives on everyday!

Mary Lou Munch

He was always the best! Go rest high on that mountain Love you Terri

Sheryl Moody

I was hired by him for my first job at Berea WHC after graduation EKU in 1994. Loved him and his deep care for his patients and his staff.

Peggy Turpin

Couldn’t help but love him and his sweet wife Terri

Emily Shaw

He was a knowledgeable, kind and caring doctor; an authentic humanitarian. I am honored to have known him and his service in many ways

Ruth Rogers Hawkins

Dr. Curd was a great doctor & incredibly kind person. May he rest in peace. Condolences to Terrie

Jamie Jones

I worked with him at Berea WHC back in the '80s. He was always so compassionate, kind and knowledgeable -- putting the patient first. Sending heartfelt condolences to his family. He leaves an amazing legacy.

Cathy Murphy-Rau

I can remember when Philip and Mrs. Curd first came to McKee, Kentucky. He spent over 1/2 of his life here.

I can remember when he was building his house driving

Carson Moore’s

1 ton Ford truck to Louisville with Philip and Carson in the early 1970’s and we picked up flooring for Philip and Mrs.

Curd’s new house. Philip Curd was always a super nice man to me.

Prayers for his wife and sister and his friends and family.

Dwight Bishop

He will definitely be missed. He was a great Dr. He cared about his patients and loved the people of Jackson County and so did Terrie.

Carolyn Flannery

The best job and boss I ever worked for and a good friend.

Sylvia Moore

He ate supper at my house one evening as they were starting the Clinic. Don called me and said we are having company for supper. All I had fix was vegetable soup with not meat. I thought what am i going to do so I made peanut butter and crackers. Dr. Curd said I could not have had anything any better than what I had. He said I am a vegetarian.

Mary Brewer Winstead Jones

So sorry to hear this . Work with him at the hospital for years. A wonderful person and a great Dr. HE will be miss. And a friend.

Faye Venable

When he and Terrie first moved to Jackson Co they were my neighbors. They visited with my family we shared meals and good times together! Loved them both! Prayers for Terrie and Alice. My mom Zella wanted to share that Phillip and Terrie jogged past her home in the mornings and stopped back by to eat breakfast with our family’! A good friend and neighbor!

Carol Isaacs

So sorry to hear this. It was a great pleasure to work with him at White House Clinic. He loved Jackson and the people. He had a great vision for health care in this Community. His main desire was to see that people would be able to get the healthcare they needed. He will be missed. prayers for his family. 

Judy Witt

Deepest Sympathy and Prayers!!

He was my doctor when I was young!

Beverly Browning

He was a good man

Daniel Hatton

Sorry to hear this. He was very good to Jackson County

Brenda Bales Truett

This is such a sad thing he was a good friend to my dad we thought the world of him he will be missed in our small county love and prayers for all the families

Chee-Chee Wilson

I’m so sorry to hear that Phillip has passed away ! Phillip and Terri were good friends of our family! My mom Loretta and myself worked at the Whitehouse Clinic on the dental side. The entire staff was like a family!

Carolyn Taylor

So sorry! He was instrumental in my nursing career as a young student nurse! A professional and caring man.

Glenna Lear

He was my doctor when I was a child and I loved him always so nice to me and my mom my prayers are with his family he was a wonderful man. Donna Dunbar

So sorry to hear this. Was a good neighbor. He was a wonderful compassionate doctor. He would go above and beyond to try and help his patients . Prayers for Terrie.

Susan Isaacs

Oh this makes me so sad!! He was a true asset to Jackson County!

Shannon Montgomery

Condolence to his family I saw him many times at the White House clinic. He was a good man.

Barbara Rose

He was a good man and will be missed and a good Doctor

Lillian Alexander

He was my doctor when I was growing up

Cynthia Wallace

My oldest brother had him when he practiced at Berea Hospital. That was back in the 90's .

Sandra Mays

I am so very sorry for your loss and the entire community! Prayers for the family!

Nesa Clark

So sorry to hear this. They were such a great couple. Prayers for Terri and Alice

Wanda E. Morris

He was a good doctor and cared deeply for his patients.

Ruth Rogers Hawking

Oh no so sorry to hear this prayers for Terrie he was one of the best men I ever knew

Rhonda Neeley

So sorry he was a great man very caring about his job and his patients and Jackson County

Cozette Neeley

Sorry to hear that, the White House clinic has and are still helping a lot of residents of Jackson county

Glenda Young

Such sad news. They both contributed greatly to Jackson and surrounding Counties. Miss you Philip!

Lowell Wagner

Sure hate to hear this! He was on the Board of Health for probably close to 50 years. Prayers for the family.

Lisa Hobbs Brown

I’m humbled to have worked with him over the last few years on a project near and dear to his heart. Prayers for his wife and family.

Ruthie Halligan Sizemore

He was so good to mom and dad.

Gail Chappell Smith

A humble man, with enormous ability to genuinely care about and for people. We will miss you Phillip.

Pat Wagner

He was a good doctor. When I was real little he put a cast on my arm. He was so gentle and caring while putting it on. Rest in peace

Sydney Harrison

Good man, prayers for his family

Jeff Daughtery

Dude was a legend. Condolences to his family and loved ones.

Glenn Stover

Two amazing people!

Anna Crabtree

My family has depended on Whitehouse Clinic since I had one!

I do not know what to say.

Thank you

Scott Rucker

I’m so sorry to hear this. I worked with Dr. Curd years ago in the Berea WHC. Great man to work with and great man in general. Prayers for Terrie, family and friends.

Tammy Abney Wurtz

He was my doctor when I was a boy after we moved to Jackson County in 1974, or at least soon thereafter. I had a complicated medical history that I'm sure he took interest in, but I know he had a genuine interest in his patients as well. He leaves a tremendous legacy in the community.

Mike Marsee

Phil and Terri were our neighbors on Walkers Branch. The first Christmas I lived there, 1983, with John they brought us a fruit basket.

Connie Esh

Dr. Philip Curd served on the Jackson County Board of Health for over 51 years! He was

named chairman in 1983. He was on the Home Health Advisory Board starting in 1974. He

was one of the leaders in starting the Community Health Coalition called JCHIPS (Jackson

County Health Improvement Partners) in 1997 and it is still in existence today. Dr. Curd didn’t

want our community to be without an Ambulance Service. So, in 1997 when the hospital let our

local ambulance service go, Dr. Curd held many meetings to ensure that service did not lapse.

Through the Board of Health, the Health Department ran the ambulance service for over 10

years. These are but a few of the things that he was the leader in starting for the health and

wellbeing of his community that he loved. The legacy that he left on health care, his community,

and those that knew him will never be forgotten!

Lisa Hobbs Brown for theJackson County Health Department and the Jackson County Board

Of Health

It is an honor to have called him a friend and to have worked with him during my 10 years at White House Clinic. A fine, fine human! My condolences to Terrie, his family and all who loved him. Thank you Phil for living a big life that served so many!

Debra Hille

Few individuals in Jackson County have had more of an impact than Dr. Curd, especially in the area of health care. Phil Curd was involved in our community in many other ways as well, always looking for ways to improve the quality of life in this community. He will be missed.

Keith Gabbard

His passing made me reflect on the fact that while we owe much to everyone who has touched us in our lives, some people make an impact that is beyond measure or thanks.

Phil was one of those people in my life.

In 1979 I had finished my medical training, and in return for a 4 year scholarship from the National Health Service I was obligated to work 4 years in a medically underserved area.

Dr Phil Curd and his wife Terrie invited my wife and I to come visit and see the clinic he’d started in Mckee, Kentucky. We spent the night sleeping on the floor of their old farm house in S-tree and getting chased around the yard by their resident geese. I visited the clinic in Mckee and learned of Phil’s vision of having a place that people could get quality medical care regardless of their ability to pay. It sounded like the kind of practice I wanted for my self and the kind of medical care I would want for my family.

I’m very grateful to Phil for giving me the opportunity to work at the White House Clinics for almost 40 years and for his example over those years.

Dr. David Green

My name is Sarah Belanger, and I hope it’s ok to send you something about my friend Phillip. Phillip and Terrie are the reason John and I found ourselves in the area, 35 years ago. Phillip recruited John to work with him and David Green at White House Clinic, back when it really was in a White House! Phillip’s gentle spirit, his lovely sense of humor, and his incredibly kind heart were the things that made him so special to us, and I’m sure to everyone who knew him. Just knowing he and Terrie were here made a bright and beautiful world. With his passing, the world is a little less bright, but the goodness he did will continue to shine on all of us.

Philip was my hero and role model. He is the reason we moved to this area and I started working for the White House Clinic. His inspiration and guidance helped me to found the Paint Lick Family Clinic in 2000. Even though I was leaving the clinic he started, he volunteered on the construction crew and mentored me through the process. He was a good friend and person.

Dr. John Belanger