Vena Viola Graham1

Female, #4374, (20 Mar 1911 - 3 Dec 2001)

Parent*(?) Artieschoufsky (s 1874 - )
Vena Viola Graham|b. 20 Mar 1911\nd. 3 Dec 2001|p4374.htm||||(?) Artieschoufsky|b. say 1874|p44031.htm|||||||||||||

Birth*20 Mar 1911 Vena was born at Melvin, McCulloch Co., Texas, on 20 Mar 1911.2 
 She was the daughter of (?) Artieschoufsky. 
Marriage*18 May 1935 She married Evan Alexander Culpepper III at Moody, McLennan Co., Texas, on 18 May 1935. 
Married Name18 May 1935  As of 18 May 1935, her married name was Culpepper. 
SSN*between 1936 and 1950 Her Social Security Number was issued between 1936 and 1950 at Texas.2 
Death*3 Dec 2001 She died at Moody, McLennan Co., Texas, on 3 Dec 2001.2 
Biography* From the McGregor Mirror, McGregor, Texas Dec 6. 2001
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Vena Graham Culpepper of Moody, a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother went to be with her Lord, Monday, December 3, 2001, in McGregor. She was 89.
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Funeral services will be held 2p.m. Friday, Dec 7, 2001, at First Baptist Church , Moody, with Rev. Mickey Fugitt and Rev. Marion Ford officiating. Interment will follow in Moody Cemetery, under the direction of Cole Funeral Home Moody Chapel, 304 Eight Street, Moody. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cole Moody Chapel.
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Mrs. Culpepper was born on March 20, 1912 in Melvin, Texas, the daughter of George Washington and Annie (Artieschoufsky) Graham. In 1918, she moved to Moody where she graduated from high school. She continued her education at Mary Hardin-Baylor University where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education.
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On May 18, 1935, she married Evan Alexander Culpepper III in Moody. He preceded her in death on December 31, 1994.
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A teaching career spanning thirty years began in a country school house at Neff Park in 1932, as the only teacher and teaching all grades. When that school closed, she began teaching at Eagle Springs. She taught first grade in McGregor, Oglesby, Killeen and Moody prior to her 1976 retirement.
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She was a longtime active member of First Baptist Church of Moody, where she taught in the children and youth divisions and the ladies adult Ruth Class.
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Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, JoAnn and B.J. Anthony; two sons and daughters-in-law, Evan and Becky Culpepper and Bill and Jean Culpepper; seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. 

Family

Evan Alexander Culpepper III (25 Mar 1904 - 31 Dec 1994)
Children

Last Edited 30 Oct 2006

Citations

  1. E-mail from Rebecca Lucille 'Becky' Shuptrine Ivey (Mrs. Evan A. Culpepper IV) (#4380), e-mail address, Decatur, TX 940-627-6899 to Lew Griffin and Warren Culpepper, 2001-2007.
  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
    Vena V. Culpepper, 20 Mar 1911 - 3 Dec 2001, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas 76557, SSN 456-32-9689 issued in Texas before 1951
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).
  3. Texas Department of State Health Services, compiler, Texas Birth Index, 1903 - 1997, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
    http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8781&ti=0
    Evan Alexander Culpepper Jr., Male, born __ 1936 in Coryell Co., Texas, child of E A Culpepper and Vena Viola Graham.
  4. Texas Department of State Health Services, compiler, Texas Birth Index, 1903 - 1997, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
    http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8781&ti=0
    Jo Ann Culpepper, Female, born __ 1938 in Coryell Co., Texas, child of E A Culpepper and Vena Graham.
  5. Texas Department of State Health Services, compiler, Texas Birth Index, 1903 - 1997, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
    http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8781&ti=0
    Billie Graham Culpepper, Male, born __ 1940 in Coryell Co., Texas, child of E A Culpepper and Vena Graham.