- First African American founder of Center Street Outreach Program
- First African American operator of a bus service in Brookhaven (McCullom’s Bus Service)
- Dynamic gospel preacher and choral director
- Organizer of 1000 Voice Choir at the National Crusade for Christ
- Dedicated member of NAACP
- March 24, 1984 declared “Curtis McCullom Day” by Mayor Harold Samuels
- Married to former Hazel Louise Hill; 5 children and 9 grandchildren
