Avis Joyce Culpepper

Female, #20057, (6 Apr 1912 - 12 May 1997)

Father*Darius Ivan Culpepper (15 Jul 1884 - 28 Nov 1948)
Mother*Elfie May Spencer (25 Sep 1884 - 1 Feb 1968)
Avis Joyce Culpepper|b. 6 Apr 1912\nd. 12 May 1997|p20057.htm|Darius Ivan Culpepper|b. 15 Jul 1884\nd. 28 Nov 1948|p34686.htm|Elfie May Spencer|b. 25 Sep 1884\nd. 1 Feb 1968|p34687.htm|Francis O. Culpepper|b. 10 Mar 1856\nd. 1 May 1932|p34639.htm|Eliza J. Richardson|b. 20 Mar 1858\nd. 18 Dec 1935|p34640.htm|Carroll W. Spencer Jr.|b. May 1855\nd. 1922|p24168.htm|Lucy C. Chandler|b. say 1859|p24169.htm|

Birth*6 Apr 1912 Avis was born at Floresville, Wilson Co., Texas, on 6 Apr 1912. 
Employment* Avis's occupation: librarian. 
 She was the daughter of Darius Ivan Culpepper and Elfie May Spencer. 
1920 Census1 Jan 1920 Avis, Iris and Lucy was listed as a daughter in Darius Ivan Culpepper's household on the 1920 Census at Wilson Co., Texas.1 
1930 Census1 Apr 1930 Avis, Iris, Lucy and Iva was listed as a daughter in Darius Ivan Culpepper's household on the 1930 Census at Uvalde, Uvalde Co., Texas.2 
Marriage*9 Jun 1938 She married Raleigh Ralph Organ at Uvalde, Uvalde Co., Texas, on 9 Jun 1938. 
Married Name9 Jun 1938  As of 9 Jun 1938, her married name was Organ. 
Death*12 May 1997 She died at San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, on 12 May 1997. 
Obituary*say 14 May 1997 At the age of 85, she passed away May 12 1997, She was born inJuno, TX, April 6 1912, to D I Culpepper and Elfie Mae Spencer Culpepper. She was a Past President and founding member of the River Art Group as was her late Husband, R. Ralph Organ.She wrote the news letter, for over 30 years, for the members of the River Art Group.They lived in San Antonio, TX for 60 years.She worked at Lackland AFB, started and ran the Medina Base Library.When she retired from Lackland, she volunteered at the Bright Shaw and ChandlerSenor Centers.She is buried in Floresville TX. beside her husband, andin the same cemetery as her Mother and Father.3 
Burial*say 15 May 1997 Her body was interred say 15 May 1997 at Floresville City Cemetery, Floresville, Wilson Co., Texas.3 
Biography* In a 28 Jul 1978 letter, Joyce wrote that she is a librarian at Lackland Air Force Base. Joyce added that she has been writing a "Family Journal" for about ten years which was to be an account of her mother's family as well as the Culpeppers. In the process Joyce has copied Bible records and cemetery records for her family which she has been kind enough to share. Joyce noted that she was also a "would be" artist and writer.
      Joyce has been listed in the 5th edition (Great Britain 1968) of International Biography in the 1st edition (1969) of Two Thousand Women of Achievement in the 8th (1975 - 1975) and succeeding editions of Who's Who of American Women in the 14th (1975-1976) and succeeding editions of Who's Who in the South and Southwest and also in Who's Who in America.
      Joyce noted that she and her husband had no children "but have been very active in the rearing of my two nieces and three nephews (to them I am 'Sissie' or 'Kiki' and he is 'Unkin').... 

Family

Raleigh Ralph Organ (16 Jan 1901 - Nov 1978)

Charts Descendants of John Thomas Jefferson Culpepper of Lavaca Co., TX
Last Edited 27 Apr 2009

Citations

  1. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 203, Sheet 7B, Pg 135, Pct. 5, Wilson Co., TX
    Rent=Y, Farm=Y
    Ivan Culpepper, Head, M, 35, m, TX TX AL, Farmer
    Effie Culpepper, Wife, F, 34, M, TX TX TX
    Joyce Culpepper, Dau, F, 7, S, TX TX TX
    Iris Culpepper, Dau, F, 5, S, TX TX TX
    ? Culpepper, Dau, F, 3 ?/12, S, TX TX TX.
  2. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 1, Sheet 5B, Pg 5, 323 Pecan St., Uvalde, Uvalde Co., TX
    Own=$1000, Radio=N, Farm=N, Military=N
    D. I. Culpepper, Head, M, 45, M, md@24, TX TX TX, Carpenter-Bld Home
    Effie Culpepper, Wife, F, 45, M, md@24, TX TX TX
    Joyce Culpepper, Dau, F, 17, S, TX TX TX
    Iris Culpepper, Dau, F, 15, S, TX TX TX
    Lucy M. Culpepper, Dau, F, 12, S, TX TX TX
    Myra Culpepper, Dau, F, 8, S, TX TX TX
    Iva J. Culpepper, Dau, F, 1 9/12, S, TX TX TX.
  3. E-mail from Patricia Francis La Scuola (#20064), e-mail address to Warren L. Culpepper, 2005-2009.