Clarence Boozer Culpepper

Male, #35066, (10 Jun 1890 - 9 Jan 1980)

Father*James Elijah Culpepper (18 Oct 1862 - 4 Oct 1939)
Mother*Susie B. Scroggins (17 Jul 1863 - 2 Nov 1920)
Clarence Boozer Culpepper|b. 10 Jun 1890\nd. 9 Jan 1980|p35066.htm|James Elijah Culpepper|b. 18 Oct 1862\nd. 4 Oct 1939|p34943.htm|Susie B. Scroggins|b. 17 Jul 1863\nd. 2 Nov 1920|p34944.htm|James D. Culpepper|b. 26 Mar 1834\nd. 1 Nov 1903|p32431.htm|Fereba L. Fling|b. 30 Oct 1836\nd. 11 Jul 1915|p32433.htm|||||||

Birth*10 Jun 1890 Clarence was born at Luthersville, Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 10 Jun 1890.1,2 
 He was the son of James Elijah Culpepper and Susie B. Scroggins. 
1900 Census1 Jun 1900 Clarence was listed as a son in James Elijah Culpepper's household on the 1900 Census at Luthersville, Meriwether Co., Georgia.3 
1910 Census15 Apr 1910 Clarence was listed as a son in James Elijah Culpepper's household on the 1910 Census at Luthersville, Meriwether Co., Georgia.4 
Marriage*29 Jan 1916 He married Ethel Lila Smith at Georgia on 29 Jan 1916. 
1920 Census*1 Jan 1920 Clarence was listed as a lodger living with an unknown person 's household on the 1920 Census at LaGrange, Troup Co., Georgia.5 
Employment* Clarence's occupation: farm consultant. 
1930 Census*1 Apr 1930 Clarence was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at Tifton, Tift Co., Georgia.6 
Death*9 Jan 1980 He died at Tifton, Tift Co., Georgia, on 9 Jan 1980.7,2,1 
Burial*12 Jan 1980 His body was interred on 12 Jan 1980 at Oakridge City Cemetery, Tifton, Tift Co., Georgia.2 
Biography* The following article is from an unknown source possibly a local Carrollton, GA paper. Since C. B. Culpepper was 85 years old at the time the article was written, it was presumably written in 1975:
Tiftonite Banker Is Named Outstanding Alumnus
     CARROLLTON, Ga. -- An 85-year-old Tifton banker was named Outstanding Alumnus of the Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School (the predecessor of modern day West Georgia College) during the, school's recent reunion on the WGC campus. C. B. Culpepper, who graduated from the A&M School in 1910, and later attended the University of Georgia, has worked at the Farmers Bank of Tifton since April, 1951, and still goes to work every day.
     Born June 10,1890, in Luthersville, Ga., Culpepper was the son of James Elijah and Susie Scoggins Culpepper. His early school years were spent in a three-room schoolhouse in Luthersville. While working in a cotton field in the heat of the summer one year, Culpepper was approached by J. H. Melson, then principal of the A&M School. Melson persuaded Culpepper to sign up for classes at the Carrollton school in the fall of 1908. In Culpepper's graduating class, there were six boys and two girls.
     After his years at the University, where Culpepper played freshman football and farmed to pay expenses, Dooley County called upon him to be that county's farm demonstrator, a title that later became county agent. Culpepper has served as president of the County Agents Association, along with being a director of that organization. He served on the Farm Advisory Board during World War II, and received a United War Fund Citation for meritorious service selling war bonds and a certificate from the American National Red Cross for service during the war. In July, 1950, Culpepper was honored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with an award for superior service in improving methods of cultivation, fertilization and seed selection in Tift County, assisting the state and federal governments, rejuvenating the peach industry, improving swine and dairy herds and working with the 4-H Clubs. He was the only county agent honored with this award.
     Culpepper married Ethel L. Smith, of Rochelle, Ga., on January 29, 1916. She died one month before their 58th wedding anniversary. Culpepper has three daughters -- Mrs. Suzie Huff of Athens, Mrs. Marion Whidden and Mrs. Margaret Bergeron, both of Tifton.
     The citation awarded Culpepper noted that "Mr. Cully," as he is called, "touched many lives and left each a little richer for having known him..." Of all his accomplishments, Mr. Cully cites three that are most important to him: the love of his family, working with people, especially boys and girls, and his reputation as the best bream fisherman in South Georgia.
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The following interview with C. B. Culpepper took place some time during or after the drought of 1977. The article was written by Nancy Smith "Gazette Staff Writer" possibly for a Tift County paper.
Former County Agent Recalls Drought of '54 More Devastating
     The drought of 1954 had much more disastrous effects than that of 1977, according to a former Tift County Extension Agent. C. B. Culpepper, who worked with the extension service here from l927 until 1954, said farmers in '54 "didn't make anything." "A lot of people didn't even go out in the field to harvest their corn or peanuts," Culpepper recalled. "It was a complete disaster. This year, at least, farmers had some irrigation and didn't lose every single crop." Drawing on his experiences, Culpepper made several other "then and now" comparisons about Tift County agriculture. Listing price supports and loans available to modern farmers, he explained the Depression marked the beginning of such federal assistance "The Triple-A program tried to reduce surplus by plowing up acres of cotton tobacco and peanuts," he said "Everybody was broke, nearly, so the government started reimbursing farmers for the land they plowed under creating the seed and feed loans and later, the production credit association. At that time, Culpepper said the government paid farmers $20 per acre for tobacco, $8 per acre for sweet potatoes, and $6 per acre for corn or cotton. "$20 wouldn't even pay for gas to lay an acre of tobacco with now," he pointed out. Other programs during the Depression included the "live-at-home" campaign and the mattress effort, he said. The live-at-home program encouraged people to cultivate gardens and raise chicken at home thus increasing self-reliance while the mattress program sought to utilize cotton supplies and improve living conditions. "The government furnished cotton and ticking, and sent a group to teach people how to make mattresses," he said. "They used 500 bales of cotton in Tift County -- and everybody got a good mattress to sleep on." During his first few years of working in Tift County, buggies and wagons -- and a few automobiles -- provided transportation. "We had hitching racks behind stores, so people could tie their mules while they shopped," he said. "And at the corner of the courthouse, where the eternal flame is now, we had a drinking fountain for people to water their stock with when they came in to town. Yes sir, we were really fixed," he chuckled. Culpepper is thankful for most of the changes in agriculture. "Mechanization has taken a lot of the labor out of farming," he explained. "Where they were using mules and horses to farm with before, now they're using machinery. And instead of planting one row of corn at a time, they're planting four or six." Fertilizer and insecticide was applied by hand in earlier days, and "we didn't have as many insects as we do now." Arsenate of lead was the major pesticide, and "they'd use a number three tin can with holes in the bottom to shake it out over their fields," he said. The Rural Electric Administration "took a lot of drudgery" out of farm living, he said. "After they got electricity out in the county, people started getting refrigerators and stoves." During World War II, farmers were faced with a massive labor shortage. "We had a program to get our local labor to help farmers harvest their crops," Culpepper said. "In 1944, 150 prisoners of war were brought in to help Tift County farmers stack [sack?] peanuts." And Culpepper remembers William Pool's arrival in 1948. "He was my assistant for two years, and -- after working with me -- he made a real fine extension agent," he grinned. "I really liked him. We never even had a fuss -- although we might've looked at each other mean once or twice!" "The people here gave me a lot more than I gave them. They were very cooperative and kind, and I'm proud they allowed me to serve them for 24 years," he said.
Another source of pride to the former extension agent is that farmers are no longer treated as second-class citizens. "They have as much prestige now as any other businessman, and live in much better conditions than they used to," he said. "I'm proud for 'em."
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The following is a funeral notice for C. B. Culpepper from an unknown source:
Culpepper Rites Slated Friday
     Funeral services for C. B. "Mr. Cully" Culpepper, 89, of Tifton, who died Tuesday in Tift General Hospital, will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Tiftarea Funeral Home. Dr. David Duck, the Revs. Bob Moon, John Gibbs and Gilbert Ramsey will officiate, with burial to be held in Oakridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be W. C. McCormick, John Henry Davis, Lynwood Denham, Jake Herring, Howard Dorsett and Jimmy O'Neal. Honorary pallbearers will be Jim Moore, Dr. Curtis Branch, Wilbur Tyson, Lynwood Warren, J. P. Short, Steve Mitchell, Walter Stephens, Olen Padgett, Glenn Taylor, Willis Branch, Cecil Sandifer, Grady Peele, J. K. Kennedy, Dr. Bill Smith, Dr. Carl Pittman Jr., Cy Matthews and members of the Nath Williams Sunday School Class of the First United Methodist Church of which he was a member for 53 years. Born June 10, 1890, in Meriweather County, he was the son of the late James Elijah and Susie Scogins Culpepper. Mr. Culpepper was farm consultant for the Farmers Bank of Tifton, was county agent for 37 years, had been associated with the Farmers Bank since l951, was, an honorary member of Rotary International, served on the board of the Tift General Hospital, and was graduated from the 4th District A&M School in Carrollton, Ga. He attended tbe University of Georgia. Mr. Culpepper was presented an award for superior service from the U. S. Secretary of Agriculture on July 1, 1950 for his work in improving farming methods in his county and for his work with 4-H Clubs. In 1975, he was named as the outstanding alumnus from the 4th District, A&M School. He was the widower of Mrs. Ethel Smith Culpepper. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Marion C. Whiddon and Mrs. Margaret Bergeron, both of Tifton and Mrs. Suzan Huff of Piedmont, S. C; four grandchildren and five great great-grandchildren. The body will lie in state at Tiftarea Funeral Home.
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Mrs. Arthur (Marie Veazey) Turk wrote 25 Feb 1980 that Charles "suffered a heart attack and died almost immediately." 

Family

Ethel Lila Smith (25 Aug 1891 - 9 Dec 1973)
Children

Charts Descendants of James Daniel Culpepper of Meriwether Co., GA
Last Edited 15 Dec 2005

Citations

  1. 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
    Clarence Culpepper, 10 Jun 1890 - Jan 1980, Tifton, Tift Co., GA, SSN 257-48-4928 issued in Georgia before 1951
    (Why it is safe to publish Social Security numbers for deceased people: http://gen.culpepper.com/about/socialsecurity.htm).
  2. Barry Chandler, compiler, Cemeteries of Tift Co., GA, Tifton, GA: B. Chandler, 1999, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN Book: 975.882 V3c.
    Oakridge City Cemetery, Tifton, Tift Co., GA
    + Clarence Boozer Culpepper, 10 Jun 1890 – 9 Jan 1980
    + Ethel Smith Culpepper, 25 Aug 1891 – 9 Dec 1973.
  3. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 51, Page 318B (11), Family 212, Luthersville, Meriwether Co., GA
    James E. Culpepper, Head, M, Oct 1862, 37, md 15 yrs, GA/GA/GA, Farmer
    Susie B. Culpepper, Wife, F, Jul 1863, 36, md 15 yrs, ch 3/2, GA/GA/GA
    Cleone Culpepper, Dau, F, Jul 1887, 12, Sng, GA/GA/GA
    Boozer Culpepper, Son, M, Jun 1890, 10, Sng, GA/GA/GA.
  4. 1910 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 87, Page 5A, Lines 28-30, Moreland Rd, Luthersville, Meriwether Co., GA
    James E. Culpepper, Head, M, 48, md1-25 yrs, GA/GA/GA, Farmer
    Susie B. Culpepper, Wife, F, 42, md1-25 yrs, ch 4/2, GA/GA/GA
    Clarence B. Culpepper, Son, M, 20, Sng, GA/GA/GA.
  5. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 133, Pages 9A-B, Lines 40-51, 809 Greenville St, LaGrange, Troup Co., GA
    Alice Autrey, Head, F, 51, wd, AL/AL/AL
    Plus 8 family members and 3 boarders, including:
    Clarence Culpepper, Boarder, M, 34, Sng, AL/AL/AL, Cotton Mill Laborer.
  6. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 5, page 4A, 104 10th Street, Tifton, Tift Co., GA
    Rent=$40, Radio=N, Farm=N
    Clarence B. Culpepper, Head, M, 39, M, md @ 25, GA/GA/GA, County Farm Agent
    Ethel Culpepper, Wife, F, 38, M, md @ 24, GA/GA/GA
    Susan Culpepper, Dau, F, 13, S, GA/GA/GA
    Marion Culpepper, Dau, F, 10, S, GA/GA/GA
    Margaret Culpepper, Dau, F, 6, S, GA/GA/GA.
  7. 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
    Clarence B. Culpepper, d. 9 Jan 1980 at 89 years in Tift Co., GA; Res. in Tift Co., GA.