Minnie Sue Culpepper

Female, #35642, (13 Jan 1914 - 10 Apr 1917)

Parent*Charles T. S. Augustus Culpepper (7 Mar 1872 - 28 Mar 1940)
Parent*Minnie Greene (12 Mar 1875 - 9 Nov 1964)
Minnie Sue Culpepper|b. 13 Jan 1914\nd. 10 Apr 1917|p35642.htm|Charles T. S. Augustus Culpepper|b. 7 Mar 1872\nd. 28 Mar 1940|p35629.htm|Minnie Greene|b. 12 Mar 1875\nd. 9 Nov 1964|p35632.htm|Joseph R. Culpepper|b. 15 Sep 1840\nd. 15 Dec 1920|p32254.htm|Sarah M. Dean|b. 23 May 1839\nd. 1893|p32255.htm|Thomas Greene|b. say 1845|p21893.htm|Susan M. (?)|b. say 1847|p21894.htm|

Biography* Americus Child Killed By Auto
Americus, April 8. While walking on the sidewalk at the intersection of Lee and Furlow Streets this afternoon, Sarah Margarette Culpepper, aged 11, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Culpepper, was instantly killed, and her sister, Minnie Sue, aged 3, is in critical condition from injuries received when the car of Mrs. Burt Bowers, driven by her companion, Mrs. Jerry Mugivans, swerved into the sidewalk.
     Mrs. Mugivans was learning the mechanism of the car when coming down Lee Street, she attempted to turn into Furlow Street. By some manner she lost control of the car, running upon the sidewalk at the street intersection.
     The little girls who were with their mother attempted to run out of the way of the car, it is stated, but the older child was caught directly in the path, being thrown for several feet and before the machine could be stopped, the left front wheel had passed over her chest.
     Witnesses to the accident state that the younger child was caught by the running board of the machine, being thrown partially under the rear wheel, which passed over the right arm, crushing it in several places.
     Charles A. Culpepper, father of the children, an engineer on the Seaboard Air Line railway between here and Savannah, was on his return trip home. He was advised of the accident at Helena, where he was relieved.
     Certain parties who witnessed the accident stated that the car driven by Mrs. Mugivans was running between fifteen and twenty miles an hour.
     Mrs. Mugivans, at the Windsor Hotel, is prostrated with grief over the accident.
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The second child in the awful auto accident of Sunday died Wednesday.
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According to A Chronology of Americus and Sumter County, Georgia 1915 - 1961, Alan Anderson, compiler, Mrs. Jerry Mugivan was the wife of John Robinson's Ten Big Shows Circus proprietor, wintering in Americus. After the deaths, they donated a memorial pipe organ to Lee Street Methodist Church.1 
Birth*13 Jan 1914 Minnie was born at Americus, Sumter Co., Georgia, on 13 Jan 1914. 
 She was the daughter of Charles T. S. Augustus Culpepper and Minnie Greene. 
Death*10 Apr 1917 She died at Americus, Sumter Co., Georgia, on 10 Apr 1917. 
Burial*circa 12 Apr 1917 Her body was interred circa 12 Apr 1917 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Sumter Co., Georgia. 
Biography* The Bible record of her birth and death appear to read Minnie Sue but the name on her tombstone was Minnie Lee. According to Mrs. Robert J. Culpepper in a 19 Jan 1979 letter, Minnie's middle name was Sue and she and her sister Sara Margaret were "killed in an auto accident in Apr. 1917." 

Charts Descendants of Joseph Richard Culpepper of Sumter Co., GA
Last Edited 9 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. The Butler Herald, Thursday, April 12, 1917, Page One.