Leon Raines Culpepper1

Male, #3587, (12 Feb 1922 - 15 Feb 1986)

Parent*Samuel Jackson Culpepper (9 Jul 1884 - 3 Jul 1970)
Parent*Jimmie Leona Raines (27 Jul 1886 - 14 Jul 1970)
Leon Raines Culpepper|b. 12 Feb 1922\nd. 15 Feb 1986|p3587.htm|Samuel Jackson Culpepper|b. 9 Jul 1884\nd. 3 Jul 1970|p3577.htm|Jimmie Leona Raines|b. 27 Jul 1886\nd. 14 Jul 1970|p3582.htm|Thomas A. Culpepper|b. 12 Jul 1859\nd. 27 Apr 1907|p3557.htm|Frances V. Perry|b. 17 Jan 1865\nd. 14 Feb 1905|p3558.htm|Richard M. Raines|b. say 1856|p5473.htm|Henrietta C. Jones|b. say 1858|p5474.htm|

Birth*12 Feb 1922 Leon was born at Crisp Co., Georgia, on 12 Feb 1922.2 
 He was the son of Samuel Jackson Culpepper and Jimmie Leona Raines. 
1930 Census1 Apr 1930 Jasper, Samuel, Perry and Leon was listed as a son in Samuel Jackson Culpepper's household on the 1930 Census at Crisp Co., Georgia.3 
World War II*between 1942 and 1945 He served in World War II between 1942 and 1945
(LCDR, USN. Commander LCT 457, Operation Overlord, 6 Jun 1944). 
Death*15 Feb 1986 He died at Statesboro, Bulloch Co., Georgia, on 15 Feb 1986.2,4 
Burial*circa 17 Feb 1986 His body was interred circa 17 Feb 1986 at Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp Co., Georgia. 
Biography* Leon Raines Culpepper was an unusually talented man musically, had his PHD and was a College Professor, Band Leader, etc. He served in WWII. 

Family

Doris Elizabeth Woods (living)
Children

Charts Descendants of David John Culpepper of Dooly Co., GA
Last Edited 18 May 2007

Citations

  1. E-mail from Perry Melton Culpepper Jr., e-mail address to Lew Griffin & Warren Culpepper, 2001, 2004.
  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
    Leon Culpepper, 12 Feb 1922 - 1 Feb 1986, Statesboro, Bulloch Co., GA, SSN 252-18-9447 issued in Georgia before 1951
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).
  3. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 12, page 12B, Militia District 1451, Crisp Co., GA
    Home=$8000, Radio=N, Farm=Y
    Sam J. Culpepper, Head, M, 45, M, md @ 24, GA/GA/GA, Farmer
    Leona Culpepper, Wife, F, 43, M, md @ 22, GA/GA/GA
    Kenneth Culpepper, Son, M, 18, S, GA/GA/GA, Clerk in HW Store
    Edith Culpepper, Dau, F, 16, S, GA/GA/GA
    Olin Culpepper, Son, M, 13, S, GA/GA/GA
    Perry M. Culpepper, Son, M, 12, S, GA/GA/GA
    Leon Culpepper, Son, M, 8, S, GA/GA/GA
    Gladine Culpepper, Dau, F, 6, S, GA/GA/GA.
  4. Georgia Health Department / Office of Vital Records, compiler, Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1998.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5426a.htm
    Leon R. Culpepper, d. 15 Feb 1986 at 64 years in Bulloch Co., GA; Res. in Bulloch Co., GA.