Edna Ophelia Dearman

Female, #1962, (16 Jul 1927 - 21 Oct 2005)

Birth*16 Jul 1927 Edna was born at Furrs, Pontotoc Co., Mississippi, on 16 Jul 1927.1,2 
SSN*between 1936 and 1950 Her Social Security Number was issued between 1936 and 1950 at Mississippi.2 
Marriage*7 May 1949 She married Charles Milton Culpepper at Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi, on 7 May 1949. 
Married Name7 May 1949  As of 7 May 1949, her married name was Culpepper. 
Death*21 Oct 2005 She died at Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi, on 21 Oct 2005.1,2 
Burial*26 Oct 2005 Her body was interred on 26 Oct 2005 at Black Zion Cemetery, Tupelo, Lee Co., Mississippi.1 
Obituary*26 Oct 2005 FURRS - Ophelia Culpepper, 78, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, at the Cedars Health Center after a brief illness. A longtime resident of the Furrs community, she was born July 17, 1927. She was a Baptist. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, quilting, watching Atlanta Braves baseball and spending time with her grandchildren.
     Services will be at 11 a.m. today in the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues with the Rev. Joe Herndon officiating. Burial will be in Black Zion Cemetery.
     Survivors include a daughter, Teresa Cleland of Colorado Springs, Colo; two sons, Roger Culpepper and wife, Rose, of Palmer Lake, Colo., and Rodney Culpepper and wife, Sammie, of Furrs; four grandchildren, Steven Culpepper, Josh Culpepper, Matthew Cleland and Brandon Cleland.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Milton Culpepper, in 1999; four sisters, Ruby Adderholt, Ludie Crouch, Marie Wilson and Mable Dillard; two brothers, Roy Dearman and Luke Dearman; and a grandson, Brian Culpepper. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.1 

Family

Charles Milton Culpepper (16 Mar 1926 - 2 Sep 1999)
Children

Last Edited 29 Mar 2008

Citations

  1. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, MS.
    http://www.djournal.com/
    Obituary of Ophelia Dearman Culpepper, published 26 Oct 2005.
  2. U.S. Social Security Administration, compiler, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Online database at Ancestry.com.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
    Ophelia Culpepper, 16 Jul 1927 - 21 Oct 2005, Last Residence: Tupelo, Lee Co., MS 38801, SSN 427-36-9074 issued in Mississippi in 1936-1950
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).