Ruby Doris Shirkey1

Female, #21251, (30 Aug 1924 - 15 Jan 2005)

Birth*30 Aug 1924 Ruby was born at Fairmont, Prairie Co., Arkansas, on 30 Aug 1924. The daughter of Roy and Celia Bell Rhoads Shirkey.1 
Marriage*19 Aug 1972 She married Oscar Norris Culpepper at Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas, on 19 Aug 1972.1 
Married Name19 Aug 1972  As of 19 Aug 1972, her married name was Culpepper.1 
Death*15 Jan 2005 She died at Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, on 15 Jan 2005.1 
Burial*18 Jan 2005 Her body was interred on 18 Jan 2005 at Center Grove Cemetery, near, Sheridan, Grant Co., Arkansas.1 
Biography* Obituary:
RUBY DORIS SHIRKEY CULPEPPER, 80 of Little Rock, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, at UAMS Medical Center. She was born in Fairmont, Ark., (Prairie County), on August 30, 1924, a daughter of the late Roy and Celia Bell Rhoads Shirkey. Mrs. Culpepper was a devoted mother, grandmother, and a Christian.
     She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Norris Culpepper, whom she married on August 19, 1972, in Pine Bluff; one brother; and three sisters. Survivors include her daughter, Tammy Laney and her husband David of Little Rock; a brother, Lee Shirkey of Lonoke; two sisters, Betty Lynn Abbott of Cabot, Dorothy Sims of Memphis, Tenn; three grandchildren, Brittney and Ashley Allred of Little Rock, Jacob Laney of Little Rock; one great-grandson, Jason Stockman of Little Rock; two step granddaughters, Melissa Laney of North Little Rock, and Ginger Clopper and her husband Ben of Atlanta, Ga.
     Graveside services by Ralph Robinson & Son will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, in Center Grove Cemetery, (Grant County). The family request that memorials be made to the Christian Children’s Fund, 2821 Emerywood Parkway, Richmond, Va. 23294 USA.2,1 

Family

Oscar Norris Culpepper (7 Mar 1918 - 6 Nov 2001)

Last Edited 24 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. Pine Bluff Commercial, Pine Bluff, AR.
    http://www.pbcommercial.com/
    Obituary of Ruby Doris Shirkey Culpepper, published 19 Jan 2005.
  2. E-mail from Capos Conley 'Chip' Culpepper II (#23339), e-mail address, Little Rock, AR to Lew Griffin & Warren Culpepper, 1998-2008.