Avis Joyce Culpepper

Female, #20057, (6 Apr 1912 - 12 May 1997)

Parent*Darius Ivan Culpepper (15 Jul 1884 - 28 Nov 1948)
Parent*Elfie May Spencer (25 Sep 1884 - 1 Feb 1968)
Avis Joyce Culpepper|b. 6 Apr 1912\nd. 12 May 1997|p20057.htm|Darius Ivan Culpepper|b. 15 Jul 1884\nd. 28 Nov 1948|p34686.htm|Elfie May Spencer|b. 25 Sep 1884\nd. 1 Feb 1968|p34687.htm|Francis O. Culpepper|b. 10 Mar 1856\nd. 1 May 1932|p34639.htm|Eliza J. Richardson|b. 20 Mar 1858\nd. 18 Dec 1935|p34640.htm|Carroll W. Spencer Jr.|b. May 1855\nd. 1922|p24168.htm|Lucy C. Chandler|b. say 1859|p24169.htm|

Birth*6 Apr 1912 Avis was born at Floresville, Wilson Co., Texas, on 6 Apr 1912. 
 She was the daughter of Darius Ivan Culpepper and Elfie May Spencer. 
Employment* Avis's occupation: librarian. 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Avis and Iris was listed as a daughter in Darius Ivan Culpepper's household on the 1920 Census at Wilson Co., Texas.1 
1930 Census1 Apr 1930 Avis and Iris was listed as a daughter in Darius Ivan Culpepper's household on the 1930 Census at Uvalde, Uvalde Co., Texas.2 
Marriage*9 Jun 1938 She married Raleigh Ralph Organ at Uvalde, Uvalde Co., Texas, on 9 Jun 1938. 
Married Name9 Jun 1938  As of 9 Jun 1938, her married name was Organ. 
Death*12 May 1997 She died at San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, on 12 May 1997. 
Biography* In a 28 Jul 1978 letter, Joyce wrote that she is a librarian at Lackland Air Force Base. Joyce added that she has been writing a "Family Journal" for about ten years which was to be an account of her mother's family as well as the Culpeppers. In the process Joyce has copied Bible records and cemetery records for her family which she has been kind enough to share. Joyce noted that she was also a "would be" artist and writer.
      Joyce has been listed in the 5th edition (Great Britain 1968) of International Biography in the 1st edition (1969) of Two Thousand Women of Achievement in the 8th (1975 - 1975) and succeeding editions of Who's Who of American Women in the 14th (1975-1976) and succeeding editions of Who's Who in the South and Southwest and also in Who's Who in America.
      Joyce noted that she and her husband had no children "but have been very active in the rearing of my two nieces and three nephews (to them I am 'Sissie' or 'Kiki' and he is 'Unkin').... 

Family

Raleigh Ralph Organ (16 Jan 1901 - Nov 1978)

Charts Descendants of John Thomas Jefferson Culpepper of Lavaca Co., TX
Last Edited 8 Mar 2004

Citations

  1. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 203, Sheet 7B, Pg 135, Pct. 5, Wilson Co., TX
    Rent=Y, Farm=Y
    Ivan Culpepper, Head, M, 35, m, TX TX AL, Farmer
    Effie Culpepper, Wife, F, 34, M, TX TX TX
    Joyce Culpepper, Dau, F, 7, S, TX TX TX
    Iris Culpepper, Dau, F, 5, S, TX TX TX
    ? Culpepper, Dau, F, 3 ?/12, S, TX TX TX.
  2. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 1, Sheet 5B, Pg 5, 323 Pecan St., Uvalde, Uvalde Co., TX
    Own=$1000, Radio=N, Farm=N, Military=N
    D. I. Culpepper, Head, M, 45, M, md@24, TX TX TX, Carpenter-Bld Home
    Effie Culpepper, Wife, F, 45, M, md@24, TX TX TX
    Joyce Culpepper, Dau, F, 17, S, TX TX TX
    Iris Culpepper, Dau, F, 15, S, TX TX TX
    Lucy M. Culpepper, Dau, F, 12, S, TX TX TX
    Myra Culpepper, Dau, F, 8, S, TX TX TX
    Iva J. Culpepper, Dau, F, 1 9/12, S, TX TX TX.