James Pleasant Culpepper1

Male, #6877, (24 Aug 1913 - 11 Feb 1989)

Parent*Rufus M. Culpepper (Mar 1872 - c 1954)
Parent*Mary E. Golding (Dec 1873 - )
James Pleasant Culpepper|b. 24 Aug 1913\nd. 11 Feb 1989|p6877.htm|Rufus M. Culpepper|b. Mar 1872\nd. circa 1954|p4094.htm|Mary E. Golding|b. Dec 1873|p4245.htm|John G. Culpepper|b. 20 Nov 1821\nd. 23 Jun 1912|p3985.htm|Elizabeth G. Greenlees|b. 28 Mar 1834\nd. 11 Oct 1905|p4091.htm|(?) Golding of South Carolina|b. between 1840 and 1850|p51515.htm||||

Name Variation  James Pleasant Culpepper was also known as J. P.. 
Birth*24 Aug 1913 James was born at Rison, Cleveland Co., Arkansas, on 24 Aug 1913.2,3 
 He was the son of Rufus M. Culpepper and Mary E. Golding. 
1930 Census1 Apr 1930 James was listed as a son in Rufus M. Culpepper's household on the 1930 Census at Rison, Cleveland Co., Arkansas.4 
Marriage*say 1937 He married Sarah Embry say 1937.3 
SSN*before 1951 His Social Security Number was issued before 1951 at Louisiana.2 
Death*11 Feb 1989 He died at DeKalb Co., Georgia, on 11 Feb 1989.2,5 
Biography* From Jim Crofford, Jan 1999: Of note, both Uncle J.P. (as we knew him growing up) and his son Jimmy were both excellent athletes and coaches. Uncle J.P. had the task in his first football game (the first played by a Rison, AR football team) of being matched up against Bear Bryant. Jimmy was drafted to play baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals but opted to go into college coaching where he was an athletic director for Georgia Tech in the 70's and Worchester Polytechnic Institute in Worchester, MA in the 80's. 

Family

Sarah Embry (24 Mar 1916 - 16 Mar 1983)
Children

Charts Descendants of John Gaston Culpepper of Bradley Co., AR
Last Edited 7 Aug 2004

Citations

  1. E-mail from Jim Crofford to Lew Griffin, 1999.
  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
    James P. Culpepper, 24 Aug 1913 - 11 Feb 1989, Residence Unknown, SSN 435-32-6979 issued in LA before 1951
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).
  3. Mary Lou L. McDonald and Samuel Jordan Lawson III, compiler, The Passing of the Pines: A History of Wilcox County, Georgia, Volumes I & II, Roswell, GA: WH Wolfe Associates, 1984, 1987.
    Volume I, page 329.
  4. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED13-12, Sheet #7-B, No street addresses, Rison, Cleveland Co., AR
    Home owned, Value not given, Radio=No, Farm=Yes
    Rufus M. Culpepper, Head, M, 58, M, md@21, AR/NC/AL, Farmer, Vet-No
    Mamie E. Culpepper, Wife, F, 56, M, md@20, AR/SC/SC, Not employed
    Virginia Culpepper,  Dau, F, 24, S, AR/AR/AR, Teacher, Common School
    James P. Culpepper, Son, M, 16, S. AR/AR/AR, Not employed
    John B. Culpepper, Brother, M, 66, S, AR/NC/AL, Farmer, General Farming, Vet-No.
  5. Georgia Health Department / Office of Vital Records, compiler, Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1998.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5426a.htm
    James P. Culpepper, d. 11 Feb 1989 at 75 years in DeKalb Co., GA; Res. in DeKalb Co., GA.