Carrie Nelson1

Female, #42823, (18 Feb 1902 - 8 May 1988)

Birth*18 Feb 1902 Carrie was born on 18 Feb 1902.2,3 
Marriage*24 May 1929 She married Elijah Clark Culpepper on 24 May 1929.4 
Married Name24 May 1929  As of 24 May 1929, her married name was Culpepper. 
1930 Census1 Apr 1930 Carrie was listed as a daughter-in-law in Charles Columbus Culpepper's household on the 1930 Census at Fleming, Santa Rosa Co., Florida.5 
SSN*1963 Her Social Security Number was issued in 1963 at Florida.2 
Death*8 May 1988 She died at Milton, Santa Rosa Co., Florida, on 8 May 1988.2,3 
Burial*11 May 1988 Her body was interred on 11 May 1988 at Crain Cemetery, Milton, Santa Rosa Co., Florida. Obituary from Pensacola News Journal, 8 May 1988: Milton -- Carrie Culpepper, 86, of 521 Woodsville (Bagdad) died Sunday evening aftre a lenghty illness.
     Mr. Culpepper was a native of Santa Rosa County. She was a member of the Bagdad Church of Christ and was the wife of the late Clark Culpepper.
     Family members include three sons and daughters-in-law, Calvin & Marie Culpepper, Winston & Katie Culpepper, Lamar (Boots) & Bobbie Culpepper all of Milton, eight grandchildren, John Culpepper, Linda Stone, Janice Young, Lisa Turner, Leta Golden, Linzy Culpepper, Donna Tedder and Larry Culpepper, all of Milton, nine great-grandchildren and one sister, Adella Goodwin of Shreveport, LA.
     Funeral Services for Mrs. Culpepper will be condicted at 10 a.m. Wednesday from the Lewis Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Jospeh Matzer and Rev. J. W. (Bill) Athon officiating.
     Burial will follow at the Crain Cemetery with Lewis Funeral Home directing.
     Active Pallbearers will be Adrian Cato, Leon Hinote, Joe Lambert, C. A. McArthur, Bob Faricloth and Billy Guy.
     Honorary Pallbearers will be Frank Blackman, Joe Barker, Albert Golden, members of the Project 60 Plus and members of the Bagdad Church of Christ..6 
Biography* "Charlie and Emily [Culpepper] homesteaded 160 acres in the Springhill community toward Munson, Florida. Elijah Clark, born October 14, 1904, was one of four children born to the couple....
     Carrie Nelson was born in Santa Rosa County on February 18, 1902. She met Clark Culpepper on Thanksgiving night in 1927 at the skating rink. Clark offered to drive Carrie and her sister Aggie home that night. So began their courtship. Elijah Clark Culpepper married Carrie Nelson on 24 May 1929 at the judge's home on Berryhill Street in Milton, Florida. Clark brought his bride to the family homestead in Springhill. The couple had three sons, all born at Springhill....
     The Culpepper family moved to Bagdad, Florida in the early 1940's where Clark worked in a local grocery store. During the years in Bagdad, Clark delivered ice from the ice house across from the old L&N Depot, and he delivered newspapers. In later years, the Culpeppers opened their own store on Woodville Road. Clark eventually purchased Allen's cab company in Milton where he worked until he retired. Clark passed away on April 6, 1978. The couple had been married 49 years.
     After Clark's death, Carrie told some of her granddaughters the story of their grandfather's signet ring. When Clark and Carrie first began dating, Clark wore a gold ring with the initials E.C.C carved on it. When Carrie asked what the initial E. stood for, Clark replied, "They didn't tell me." Carrie later found out the initial stood for Elijah, Clark's first name. Clark did not like the name so he would not admit to anyone what the initial E. stood for. In later years, the family found out he had been named for his grandfather, Elijah Clark Culpepper of Pike Co., Alabama.
     Carrie Nelson Culpepper died on May 8, 1988 at the age of eighty-six. Both Clark and Carrie are buried in the Crain Cemetery about five miles north of Milton. Charlie and Emily Culpepper are buried nearby."1 

Family

Elijah Clark Culpepper (14 Oct 1903 - 5 Apr 1978)
Children

Last Edited 6 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. The Santa Rosa Co. FL Heritage Book Committee, The Heritage of Santa Rosa County, Florida, Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing, 2003.
    Pages 242-3, "Clark and Carry Culpepper Family", by Lisa Culpepper Turner.
  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
    Carrie Culpepper, 18 Feb 1902 - 8 May 1988, Milton, Santa Rosa Co., FL; SSN 261-80-8943 issued in Florida in 1963
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).
  3. State of Florida Health Department / Office of Vital Records, compiler, Florida Death Index, 1936-1998, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2004.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7338
    Carrie Culpepper, Cert 58254, Santa Rosa Co., FL, White, 18 Feb 1902 - 8 May 1988.
  4. Richard Earl Jernigan, Santa Rosa Co., FL Cemeteries West FL Genealogical Society, Pensacola, 1987.
    Crain Cemetery, Section 6, page 204.
  5. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 57-16, Sheet 2B, Lines 97-101, Fleming, Santa Rosa Co., FL
    Charlie C. Culpeper, Head, M, 62, md@30, AL/AL/AL, General Farmer (ID: 3398)v
    Emily Culpepper, Wife, F, 60, md@28, FL/AL/FL
    Clark Culpepper, Son, M, 27, md@26, FL/AL/FL, Laborer/General Farm
    Carrie Culpepper, Dau-in-Law, F, 28, md@27, FL/AL/FL
    Earl C. Culpepper, Grandson, M, 2/12, Sng, FL/FL/FL
    Boyce Ates, Nephew, M, 11, Sng, FL/FL/FL.
  6. E-mail from Judith Richbourg "Judy" Jolly (#57835), e-mail address, Pensacola, FL to Warren L. Culpepper, 2003-2007.