Laura Nelle Culpepper1

Female, #5552, (4 Mar 1933 - 27 Jan 2003)

Parent*Thomas Wimberly Culpepper (8 Jun 1893 - 15 Jun 1964)
Parent*Effie Irene Taylor (11 Nov 1889 - 19 Oct 1975)
Laura Nelle Culpepper|b. 4 Mar 1933\nd. 27 Jan 2003|p5552.htm|Thomas Wimberly Culpepper|b. 8 Jun 1893\nd. 15 Jun 1964|p3580.htm|Effie Irene Taylor|b. 11 Nov 1889\nd. 19 Oct 1975|p3674.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|||||||

Biography* Obituary:
WAYSIDE - Laura Nelle Culpepper Whitehead, 69, of Greene Settlement Road, died Monday, January 27, 2003, in a local hospital. The family will greet friends from 7:00 until 9:00P.M., Tuesday at Bridges Funeral Home in Gray. Funeral services will be held at 4P.M., Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at Wayside Presbyterian Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Karen Mitcham will officiate.
     Mrs. Whitehead was born in Crisp County and had lived in Wayside for the past forty years. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Wimbley Culpepper and Effie Irene Taylor Culpepper. Mrs. Whitehead was a graduate of Crisp County High School and the Macon Hospital School of Nursing. She was retired as a Registered Nurse and was the Director of MCIS at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Mrs. Whitehead was also a member of Wayside Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband: Freeman Hansel Whitehead.
     Mrs. Whitehead is survived by her son: Clifton Floyd Whitehead of Iceland; brother and sister-in-law: Wayne and Carrie Culpepper of Canal Winchester, Ohio; sisters and brothers-in-law: Willie Pearl and Monroe Sheffield of Cordele, Betty and Gene Davis of Demopolis, Alabama and Chloe Posey of Gray; sisters-in-law: Myrtice Culpepper of Cordele and Grace Mathis of Sardis, Mississippi; grandchildren: Cheryl Mead, Laura Holmes, Craig Turner and Rebecca Anne Whitehead; and her great-grandchildren: Kayla Mead, Cody Mead, Zachery Mead and Tyler Holmes.
     In lieu of flowers, the family request that contributions be made to Wayside Presbyterian Church, 1467 Old Highway 11, Gray, Georgia 31032. The family may be contacted at the residence at 1054 Greene Settlement Road in Wayside. Bridges Funeral Home in Gray has charge of arrangements.2 
Birth*4 Mar 1933 Laura was born at Crisp Co., Georgia, on 4 Mar 1933. 
 She was the daughter of Thomas Wimberly Culpepper and Effie Irene Taylor. 
Married Name22 Jan 1954  As of 22 Jan 1954, her married name was Whitehead.1 
Marriage*22 Jan 1954 She married Freeman Hansel Whitehead at Bibb Co., Georgia, on 22 Jan 1954.1 
Death*27 Jan 2003 She died at Wayside, Jones Co., Georgia, on 27 Jan 2003.3 
Burial*29 Jan 2003 Her body was interred on 29 Jan 2003 at Wayside Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Gray, Jones Co., Georgia.3 

Family

Freeman Hansel Whitehead (23 Jun 1929 - 17 Aug 1980)

Charts Descendants of David John Culpepper of Dooly Co., GA
Last Edited 28 Feb 2005

Citations

  1. Bibb County Court of the Ordinary, Bibb Co., GA Marriages Index, 1823-1963, Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah , 1964, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. FHL US/CAN Film # 394,094.
    Laura Nelle Culpepper and Freeman Hansel Whitehead on 22 Jan 1954 in Bibb Co., GA, Book Y-412.
  2. The Macon Telegraph, Macon, GA.
    http://www.macon.com
    Obituary of Laura Nelle Culpepper Whitehead, pPublished on 28 Jan 2003.
  3. The Macon Telegraph, Macon, GA.
    http://www.macon.com
    Obituary of Laura Nelle Culpepper Whitehead, published on 28 Jan 2003.