Vides Jefcoat1

Female, #4813, (18 May 1913 - 13 Apr 2000)

Parent*John Swinton Jefcoat (6 Feb 1886 - 30 Dec 1922)
Parent*Dessie Olive Gantt (30 Nov 1885 - 9 Jan 1923)
Vides Jefcoat|b. 18 May 1913\nd. 13 Apr 2000|p4813.htm|John Swinton Jefcoat|b. 6 Feb 1886\nd. 30 Dec 1922|p38493.htm|Dessie Olive Gantt|b. 30 Nov 1885\nd. 9 Jan 1923|p38494.htm|||||||||||||

Birth*18 May 1913 Vides was born on 18 May 1913.2 
 She was the daughter of John Swinton Jefcoat and Dessie Olive Gantt. 
Marriage*circa 1933 She married Charles Edward Culpepper circa 1933. 
Married Namecirca 1933  As of circa 1933, her married name was Culpepper. 
Death*13 Apr 2000 She died at Gantt, Covington Co., Alabama, on 13 Apr 2000.2 
Burial*15 Apr 2000 Her body was interred on 15 Apr 2000 at Ables Cemetery, Gantt, Covington Co., Alabama.3 
Biography* Vides Jefcoat Culpepper, 86, of Gantt, died Thursday, April 13, 2000 in an Andalusia nursing facility. A funeral will be held Saturday, April 15 at 2 p.m. at Foreman Funeral Home with Rev. John Foster officiating and Sue Rawls, accompanied by Carolyn Smith providing special music. Burial will follow in Ables Cemetery.

You can see this notice at:
http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/obituaries/2000/04/0415obituaries.html

Since I did not get a chance to write her eulogy -- that is the common practice in the immediate family, that I do the eulogy -- I would like to offer this:

Grandmother was one of those people who gave all they had to anyone in need. She lived for the love of family and friend. She spent every waking moment of her life in the interest of others. She looked upon life with a joy and reverance for people and a wonder of simply being. She had that common Culpepper habit of reading voraciously, even after she became legally blind -- using a large magnifying glass. She was as kind and caring as it possible for a human being to be. In her late years, she was nearly blind, nearly deaf and nearly crippled due to an automotive accident, in which her sister Rosa Lee died. I never heard her complain. All she ever said of her condition was that some things had become more difficult. I never spoke to her without her telling me what a joy it was to talk to me. She always asked about how each individual was doing. I loved her with all my heart. God bless her. May she rest as she lived, full of joy.

Her loving grandson,
Charles Edward Culpepper, III.3 

Family

Charles Edward Culpepper (11 May 1913 - Mar 1974)
Children

Last Edited 9 Aug 2005

Citations

  1. E-mail from Charles Edward Culpepper III (#4812), e-mail address to Lew Griffin & Warren Culpepper, 1998-2000.
  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
    Vides J. Culpepper, 18 May 1913 - 13 Apr 2000, Gantt, Covington Co., Alabama 36038; SSN 419-24-2666 issued in Alabama before 1951
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).
  3. Andalusia Star News, Andalusia, Covington Co., AL.
    http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/
    Obituary for Vides Jefcoat Culpepper, published Saturday 15 Apr 2000.