| Biography* | | Obituary: Elva W. Culpepper -PERRY - Elva W. Culpepper, 70, died at Serenity Gate on Friday, April 7, 2006. Funeral Services will be held at 2P.M. Monday, April 10 at the Perry United Methodist Church with interment in Perry Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the residence. Memorial contributions may be made to the Perry United Methodist Church. -Mrs. Culpepper, a native of Andover, VA and the daughter of Fred and Edith Hatcher Willingham, had lived in Perry since 1958. A graduate of Asbury College, she was a member of the Perry United Methodist Church and the IHS Sunday School Class. Active in the church for forty-eight years, she served at youth director, children's coordinator, and church secretary until her death. -Survivors include her children, Lee Culpepper (Bethany) of McLean, VA and Diane Culpepper of Perry; brothers, Harold Willingham (Mable) of Johnson City, TN, Edward Willingham (Jenny) of Chattanooga, TN, Jerald Willingham (Emily) of Alexandria, VA, and Bobbie Willingham (Judy) of Austell; grandchildren, Whitney Culpepper, John Robert Culpepper, and Will Culpepper. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Culpepper and a sister, Shirley Willingham Smith.2 |