| Birth* | 30 Apr 1907 | Charles was born at Fort Valley, Houston Co., Georgia, on 30 Apr 1907.1,2 |
| | He was the son of Rev. George Bright Culpepper and Lillian Mattox Shepard. |
| 1910 Census | 15 Apr 1910 | Caughey, George, John, Thomas and Charles was listed as a son in Rev. George Bright Culpepper's household on the 1910 Census at Fort Valley, Houston Co., Georgia.3 |
| 1920 Census | 1 Jan 1920 | Caughey, George, John, Charles and Thomas was listed as a son in Rev. George Bright Culpepper's household on the 1920 Census at Fort Valley, Houston Co., Georgia.4 |
| Marriage* | 20 Dec 1926 | He married Alice Elizabeth Long at Georgia on 20 Dec 1926. |
| 1930 Census | 1 Apr 1930 | Charles was listed as a son-in-law in James Littleton Long's household on the 1930 Census at Fort Valley, Peach Co., Georgia.5 |
| Death* | 21 Dec 1974 | He died at Americus, Sumter Co., Georgia, on 21 Dec 1974.6,2 |
| Burial* | circa 23 Dec 1974 | His body was interred circa 23 Dec 1974 at Oaklawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, Peach Co., Georgia.2 |
| Biography* | | Mrs. John (Dorothy Culpepper) Wingfield preserved a 25 page typed manuscript "ONE FAMILY - CULPEPPER" written by her grandfather, Rev. George Bright Culpepper, which noted: This brings the record down to the youngest child of Reverend and Mrs. George B. Culpepper, Sr. This was a son, born on April 30, 1907, in Fort Valley, in what was known as the Skellie House on the corner of College and Green Streets. The place was then owned by the writer of these lines. To this son was given the name of Charles Frederick, for his uncle Fred Shepard and his grandfather Shepard, whose given name was Charles. He has had a rocky road in point of health. When he was six weeks old he commenced to have abscesses in his ear and suffered with them for years, even until now. He has just had a severe attack in Jacksonville (Oct. 10) as severe as to produce convulsions. When he was 14 he had his tonsils removed and for a time he was improved. In September 1925 he went to work for the Southern Railway in Jacksonville, or was to do so on September 22nd, but appendicitis attacked him that same day and he had to go to the hospital. He was operated on and seemed to be doing well until phlebitis attacked him and he had to stay in St. Luke's Hospital until November 22nd; then in a private home until December 22nd when we brought him to Fort Valley, to the home of George B. Culpepper, Jr. In all he was in bed for 19 weeks, and 12 weeks of that time I filled three ice caps every three hours, night and day, for application to three different locations on the inside of his right leg - due to inflammation of the large vein there. At two points, one on the ankle and one on the calf of the leg, the inflammation broke down and had to be treated vigorously and continually. But he recovered to the extent that he could go back to Jacksonville and go to work for the Southern Railway. On December 26, 1926, he married Miss Alice Long, a Fort Valley girl, and they moved to Jacksonville; but his health gave way and they had to take him to the hospital several times. During all this time he was a great sufferer. But he is a man of great determination and tenacity. Even while he was bedridden he was studying. And stood a civil service examination though he had to go to Macon and was on crutches. In the fall of 1933 he received orders to report to the Engineers Department at Greenville, Mississippi. He went and worked there for several months, when he was transferred to Clewisten, Florida, where he worked for about a year, then being transferred to the Engineer Office in Jacksonville, where he now is employed. He has pulled himself into a good position and salary by himself. He has made good though a sufferer all these years. And his good wife has stood by him through thick and thin and has shown herself a heroine indeed. They are a noble couple and have a most interesting family. |
(12 Oct 1931 - 23 Dec 1999)