John F. Cumbus1

Male, #62584, (19 May 1925 - 19 Dec 2010)
Birth*19 May 1925 He was born on 19 May 1925.2,1 
SSN*between 1936 and 1950 His Social Security Number was issued between 1936 and 1950 in Alabama.1 
Marriage*say 1979 He married Mary Elizabeth Culpepper say 1979.3 
Death*19 Dec 2010 He died at Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi, on 19 Dec 2010 at age 85.1 
Obituary*21 Dec 2010 Services for John F. Cumbus will be held Wednesday, at 11 a.m., at Jones Memorial Presbyterian Church with Rev. Alan Singletary officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
     Mr. Cumbus, 85, of Meridian died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, at Rush Foundation Hospital. He was a retired maintenance supervisor from James River Corporation after 30 years and he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Mr. Cumbus was a member of Jones Memorial Presbyterian Church.
     Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Simmons Cumbus of Meridian; a sister, Nita Rawson of Montgomery, Ala; four step-children: Muriel Powell and husband, David of Cuba, Ala., Gale Harmon of Butler, Ala., Butch Simmons and his wife, Wanda of New Port, Ore., Jerry Simmons and his wife, Patti of Empire, Ala; two nieces: Linda Higgins and Kay Severance; one nephew, Russell Rawson; sister-in-law, Ruth Naylor and her husband, Charles of Meridian; and, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
     He was preceded in death by his parents, John Frank Cumbus and Peggy Moore, and a great-grandchild, Saundra LaShae Harmon.
     Pallbearers will be Paul Humenansky, Steve Taylor, Sam Simmons, Chuck Naylor, Don Hardin and Don Herbert. Honorary pallbearers are John Harmon, Jerry Kessinger, John McClure and the Mall Coffee Club. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial be made to Jones Memorial Presbyterian Church or the American Heart Association. Family and friends may sign the online guest book at www.robertbarhamffh.com. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the church.4 
Burial*22 Dec 2010 His body was interred on 22 Dec 2010 at Magnolia Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.4 
Last Edited27 Jul 2011

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
  2. MyFamily.com Inc., compiler, US Public Records Index, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8907&enc=1
  3. E-mail written 26 Jul 2011 to Warren L. Culpepper from Laurie Ann Young Maxwell (#62586), Senatobia, MS, e-mail address.
  4. The Meridian Star, Meridian, MS.
    http://www.meridianstar.com
    Obituary of John F. Cumbus (#62584), published 21 Dec 2010.

John Marlo Culpepper II (Apocryphal)1

Male, #62589, (3 Jul 1692 - )
Father*Thomas Fairfax Culpepper (Apocryphal)
Multiple Birth* John was born a twin. 
Birth*3 Jul 1692 He was born on 3 Jul 1692. 
Research note*1999 One Version of the "Apocryphal Culpepper" Genealogy: John Marlo Culpepper was born in Virginia‚ 3 Jul 1692,as a twin brother of Sam Low Culpepper. He changed his name to John Marlo Pepper‚ possibly due to the fact that he became engaged in the manufactory of whiskey and desired to shield his mother‚ a very pious woman‚ from the disgrace.

Culpepper Connections Commentary: No records have ever been found with the names of John Marlo Culpeper or John Marlo Pepper.2,3 
Last Edited28 Jul 2011

Citations

  1. This individual is fictitious. All of the above genealogical and historical claims stem
    from a fascinating version of early American Culpepper genealogy that started circulating among Culpepper family members in the early 1900's, perhaps even earlier. Unfortunately, bits and pieces from this fictional genealogy are now widely diseminated on the Internet.
         It contained an account of a brave patriot overthrowing a tyrant, becoming the Governor of Virginia, and being called the father of Charleston.
         There was a farm boy who went to England to be educated at Oxford, and in a story befitting a book of fairy tales, he finds and marries his childhood sweetheart.
         One Culpepper marries a beautiful Indian half-breed, faithfully works as overseer on a plantation that once belonged to his ancestors, and his sons eventually receive a huge land grant as recompense for the family plantation having been stolen.
         Another becomes a highly successful orator/preacher winning many souls to Christ.
         A Culpepper daughter marries into the family of a famous American patriot. In fact, virtually all of the Culpepper daughters in this story marry quite well.
         One reprobate son was included for good measure. A whiskey maker, he changes his surname to Pepper to shield his pious mother from disgrace.
         Also, each of the major characters was described in extraordinarily precise physical detail.

    Human nature makes any reader want to embrace this detailed and rich genealogical account as the true story of his or her ancestors. And for several generations, this genealogy has been accepted by many as the gospel, and passed along to the next.
         However, modern day researchers attempting to verify the facts encounter many difficulties. Most of the assertions are without proof, but many of them should be provable if they were true. And some of the claims are clearly at odds with the historical record.
         All Culpeppers and Culpepper descendants can certainly be inspired by the understanding that we are members of a quite honorable and accomplished family. Within the provable genealogical record we can find much to be proud of in our Culpepper ancestral history, and we can do so without resorting to imaginative creation.
         The Culpepper Connections commentary on this and connected pages was primarily authored by Lewis W. Griffin, Jr. of Phoenix, AZ, and edited by Warren L. Culpepper of Atlanta, GA. It is our considered opinion that the genealogical account reported in them is completely fictitious. If you have any facts to add to our analysis, or if you wish to dispute our conclusion, we would welcome hearing from you.
  2. Lewis W. Griffin Jr. (#47), Phoenix, AZ.
  3. Warren L. Culpepper (#1942), Former publisher of Culpepper Connections.

Alfred Norman Culpepper (Apocryphal)1

Male, #62590, (4 Jan 1742 - )
Father*Sam Low Culpepper (Apocryphal)1
Name-AltSpell This surname is sometimes spelled Culpeper. 
Birth*4 Jan 1742 He was born on 4 Jan 1742 at Culpeper Co., Virginia. 
Research note*1999 One Version of the "Apocryphal Culpepper" Genealogy: Alfred Norman Culpepper—born 4 Jan 1742. Became a lawyer and later moved into Maine--there married and raised a family of five boys and three girls‚ all living to be grown and married. When Alfred was last seen in VA‚ he told his brother Charles that he had thirty-eight grandchildren and that twenty were boys that would bear the family name. When he and his brother came into the VA estate‚ he--Alfred--was too old to come back and look after his share‚ so sold his part to W. P. Jones‚ the son-in-law of his brother Charles. Since then‚ all trace of him and his has been lost.

Culpepper Connections Commentary: Although shipping records link the Culpeper name to the New England area‚ no record of the family has been found in Maine or New Hampshire. Prior to 1820, Maine was part of New Hampshire. Also, no record of the sale of a share of the VA estate to W. P. Jones has ever been found.2,3 
Last Edited28 Jul 2011

Citations

  1. This individual is fictitious. All of the above genealogical and historical claims stem
    from a fascinating version of early American Culpepper genealogy that started circulating among Culpepper family members in the early 1900's, perhaps even earlier. Unfortunately, bits and pieces from this fictional genealogy are now widely diseminated on the Internet.
         It contained an account of a brave patriot overthrowing a tyrant, becoming the Governor of Virginia, and being called the father of Charleston.
         There was a farm boy who went to England to be educated at Oxford, and in a story befitting a book of fairy tales, he finds and marries his childhood sweetheart.
         One Culpepper marries a beautiful Indian half-breed, faithfully works as overseer on a plantation that once belonged to his ancestors, and his sons eventually receive a huge land grant as recompense for the family plantation having been stolen.
         Another becomes a highly successful orator/preacher winning many souls to Christ.
         A Culpepper daughter marries into the family of a famous American patriot. In fact, virtually all of the Culpepper daughters in this story marry quite well.
         One reprobate son was included for good measure. A whiskey maker, he changes his surname to Pepper to shield his pious mother from disgrace.
         Also, each of the major characters was described in extraordinarily precise physical detail.

    Human nature makes any reader want to embrace this detailed and rich genealogical account as the true story of his or her ancestors. And for several generations, this genealogy has been accepted by many as the gospel, and passed along to the next.
         However, modern day researchers attempting to verify the facts encounter many difficulties. Most of the assertions are without proof, but many of them should be provable if they were true. And some of the claims are clearly at odds with the historical record.
         All Culpeppers and Culpepper descendants can certainly be inspired by the understanding that we are members of a quite honorable and accomplished family. Within the provable genealogical record we can find much to be proud of in our Culpepper ancestral history, and we can do so without resorting to imaginative creation.
         The Culpepper Connections commentary on this and connected pages was primarily authored by Lewis W. Griffin, Jr. of Phoenix, AZ, and edited by Warren L. Culpepper of Atlanta, GA. It is our considered opinion that the genealogical account reported in them is completely fictitious. If you have any facts to add to our analysis, or if you wish to dispute our conclusion, we would welcome hearing from you.
  2. Lewis W. Griffin Jr. (#47), Phoenix, AZ.
  3. Warren L. Culpepper (#1942), Former publisher of Culpepper Connections.

Roy Herman Woods1,2

Male, #62591, (circa 1897 - )
Birth*circa 1897 He was born circa 1897.1 
Marriage*circa 1918 He married Fannie Bell Culpepper circa 1918.1 
Birth of Son4 Jan 1927 His son Roy Edward Woods was born on 4 Jan 1927.3 
1930 Census*1 Apr 1930 Roy was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census at Scott Co., Mississippi.1 

Family

Fannie Bell Culpepper
Child
Last Edited2 Aug 2011

Citations

  1. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    Beat 2, Scott, Mississippi; Roll: 1165; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 18.0
    Roy H. Woods, Head, M, W, 32 (born circa 1897), md@21, MS/AL/AL, Farmer, WW1=No
    Fannie B. Woods, Wife, F, W, 25 (born circa 1904), md@14, MS/MS/MS
    Robert Woods, Son, M, W, 7 (born circa 1922), sng, MS/MS/MS
    Oledia Woods, Daughter, F, W, 5 (born circa 1924), sng, MS/MS/MS
    Roy Woods, Son, M, W, 3 2/12 (born circa Jan 1927), sng, MS/MS/MS
    Sybil Woods, Daughter, F, W, 1 7/12 (born circa Aug 1928), sng, MS/MS/MS.
  2. The Meridian Star, Meridian, MS.
    http://www.meridianstar.com
    Obituary of Roy Edward Woods (#62592), published 1 Aug 2007.
  3. 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

Roy Edward Woods1,2

Male, #62592, (4 Jan 1927 - 28 Jul 2007)
Father*Roy Herman Woods1
Mother*Fannie Bell Culpepper1
Birth*4 Jan 1927 He was born on 4 Jan 1927.3 
1930 Census1 Apr 1930 Roy was listed as a son in Roy Herman Woods's household on the 1930 Census at Scott Co., Mississippi.1 
Death*28 Jul 2007 He died at Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi, on 28 Jul 2007 at age 80.2,3 
Obituary*1 Aug 2007 Roy Edward Woods, Retail salesman
     Services for Roy Edward Woods will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Silas V. Harrington Chapel at East Mississippi State Hospital with the Rev. Patricia Carter officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Haven Cemetery. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
     Mr. Woods, 80, of Meridian, died Saturday, July 28, 2007, at R.P. White Nursing Facility at East Mississippi State Hospital.
     Survivors include his five children.
     He was preceded in death by his parents, Fannie Bell Culpepper Woods and Herman Woods.
     Visitation will be Thursday 30 minutes prior to the service at Harrington Chapel.2 
Burial*2 Aug 2007 His body was interred on 2 Aug 2007 at Cedar Haven Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi.2 
ChartsJames Culpepper of Nash Co., NC : Descendant Chart
Last Edited2 Aug 2011

Citations

  1. 1930 Federal Census, United States.
    Beat 2, Scott, Mississippi; Roll: 1165; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 18.0
    Roy H. Woods, Head, M, W, 32 (born circa 1897), md@21, MS/AL/AL, Farmer, WW1=No
    Fannie B. Woods, Wife, F, W, 25 (born circa 1904), md@14, MS/MS/MS
    Robert Woods, Son, M, W, 7 (born circa 1922), sng, MS/MS/MS
    Oledia Woods, Daughter, F, W, 5 (born circa 1924), sng, MS/MS/MS
    Roy Woods, Son, M, W, 3 2/12 (born circa Jan 1927), sng, MS/MS/MS
    Sybil Woods, Daughter, F, W, 1 7/12 (born circa Aug 1928), sng, MS/MS/MS.
  2. The Meridian Star, Meridian, MS.
    http://www.meridianstar.com
    Obituary of Roy Edward Woods (#62592), published 1 Aug 2007.
  3. 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

Willie Howard1

Male, #62606, (18 Mar 1925 - 9 Aug 1988)
Birth*18 Mar 1925 He was born on 18 Mar 1925.2 
SSN*between 1936 and 1950 His Social Security Number was issued between 1936 and 1950 in Mississippi.2 
Marriage*5 May 1946 He married Irene Culpepper at Spring Ridge Baptist Church, Sallis, Attala Co., Mississippi, on 5 May 1946 at age 21.1 
Death*9 Aug 1988 He died at Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, on 9 Aug 1988 at age 63.1,2 

Family

Irene Culpepper
Willie and Irene Howard had two children born in Durant, Holmes Co., MS:
     1. Pauline 'Polly' Howard, born 1947, married Sam Thomas in 1965. They had three children, all born in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa:
          a. Vangela L. Thomas, born 1966
          b. Carleila Y. Thomas, born 1968
          c. Latrina A. Thomas, born 1970
      Pauline then married Levorn Robinson in 1976, and they had one child:
          d. Takeisha S. Robinson, born 1977
     2. Charles Willie Howard, born 1948, died 1966.
After moving to Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, Willie and Irene had four more children:
     3. Eugene Howard, born 1950, married Christeen Mosley in 1968. They had two children:
          a. Eugene D. Howard born 1968
          b. Dannielle K. Howard born 1975
     4. Frank Howard, born 1952, married Pauline Randolph in 1973 in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa. They had three children:
          a. Frank T. Howard, born 1973
          b. Reygan M. Howard, born 1974
          c. Jacob L. Howard, born 1999
     5. Bobby Lewis Howard, born 1955, died 1968
     6. Vanisa Howard who married Steve Duncan in 1983.1 
Last Edited10 Aug 2011

Citations

  1. E-mail written 10 Aug 2011 to Warren L. Culpepper from Pauline 'Polly' Robinson (d/o #55462), e-mail address.
  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