R. B. Culpepper

Male, #6798, (7 Jul 1897 - 15 Apr 1956)

Parent*Stephen H. Culpepper (21 Jan 1869 - 2 Feb 1952)
Parent*Nancy Elizabeth Bays (Mar 1875 - 21 Nov 1943)
R. B. Culpepper|b. 7 Jul 1897\nd. 15 Apr 1956|p6798.htm|Stephen H. Culpepper|b. 21 Jan 1869\nd. 2 Feb 1952|p145.htm|Nancy Elizabeth Bays|b. Mar 1875\nd. 21 Nov 1943|p176.htm|Stephen J. Culpepper|b. circa 1819\nd. 22 Sep 1894|p124.htm|Dialva A. Wise|b. Sep 1838\nd. 5 Oct 1922|p128.htm|Nathaniel D. Bays|b. 10 Oct 1841\nd. May 1919|p6782.htm|Elizabeth Denny|b. 11 Nov 1854\nd. 31 Mar 1927|p6783.htm|

Birth*7 Jul 1897 R. was born at Weldon, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, on 7 Jul 1897. 
 He was the son of Stephen H. Culpepper and Nancy Elizabeth Bays. 
Photographedcirca 1908 Stephen H. Culpepper and Nancy Elizabeth Bays and family were photographed left to right: R.B. (wearing bow tie), Dallas (the small boy), Brady (wearing a pin in his suit lapel), Stephen H. Culpepper, John Allen (the tall boy in the back), Steve (Tebe, the boy with the book), Nancy Elizabeth Bays Culpepper, and the only daughter, Josie. Sherrill had not been born when this photo was taken.
circa 1908 at Verda, Grant Parish, Louisiana.1
Marriage*circa 1920 He married Berdell Johnson at Louisiana circa 1920.2 
1930 Census*1 Apr 1930 R. was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.2 
Death*15 Apr 1956 He died at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, on 15 Apr 1956. 
Biography* R. B. Culpepper, long-time Phillips employee, passed away in Oklahoma City 15 Apr 1956, following an extended illness. R. B. was born in Weldon, Louisiana 7 Jul 1897, and first began working for Phillips of the Homer plant 8 Aug 1928. On 1 Mar 1935, he transferred to the Meter section in the Oklahoma City area and spent over twenty years in this department as a meterman. Survivors are his wife, Berdell of the home and two daughters, Mrs. Joycelyn Scott of Fairfax, Oklahoma and Mrs. Billie Jean Howerton of Oklahoma City.1

Family

Berdell Johnson (14 May 1901 - 7 Mar 1994)
Children

Charts Descendants of Stephen H. Culpepper of Claiborne Parish, LA
Last Edited 8 Apr 2004

Citations

  1. Douglas Orville Culpepper (#6831), compiler, e-mail address or e-mail address, Douglas Orville Culpepper website & e-mails, Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree), 2000-2007.
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com
  2. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 14-10, Sheet #24-B, Line 96, Police Jury Ward 4, Claiborne Parish, LA
    Home owned, Value=$500, Radio=blank, Farm=No
    R. B. Culpepper, Head, M, 32, M, md@22, LA/LA/LA, Oil field worker, Vet=No (ID: 6798)v
    Berdell Culpepper, Wife, F, 27, M, md@18, LA/LA/LA, Not employed
    Joycelyn Culpepper, Dau, F, 8, LA/LA/LA
    Billie J. Culpepper, Dau, F, 2, LA/LA/LAA.