Reverend Clarence L. Culpepper

Holman Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations

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Posted by: Holman Mortuaries
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334-585-5261
Date: Jan 03 2018 10:35 AM

EUFAULA. . . Reverend Clarence L. Culpepper, a resident of Dothan, formerly of Eufaula, died Tuesday afternoon, January 2, 2018, in a Dothan hospital. He was 90.

            Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 5, 2018, in the Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church with Reverend Ralph Baker and Reverend Joey Pettis officiating. Graveside services, with military honors, will follow in the church cemetery. Holman Abbeville Mortuary & Cremations is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends from 4:30 until 6:30 P.M. Thursday at the mortuary in Abbeville.

            Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church, c/o Dolly Vickers, 204 Dothan Road, Abbeville, AL 36310.

            Reverend Culpepper was born in Early County, Georgia and was reared near Abbeville, son of the late Curtis and Clara Barnette Culpepper. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the World War II era. After he was discharged from the Army, Reverend Culpepper enlisted in the Army Reserve in the Abbeville Unit where he retired after twenty years of service with the rank of Staff Sergeant. He also retired as the owner and operator of Circle Pest Control of Eufaula. Reverend Culpepper served the New Prospect Free Will Baptist Church and the Pilgrim Rest Free Will Baptist Church as their Minister. He formerly served as Moderator of the Southeast Alabama Free Will Baptist Association for many years. Reverend Culpepper was a member of the Pilgrim Rest Free Will Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Smith Culpepper and three brothers, Robert J. Culpepper, Edward Culpepper and Marvin Culpepper.

            Surviving relatives include a daughter, Dianne Poole (Roy), Dothan; a sister-in-law, Jean Stinson Culpepper, Abbeville; six grandchildren, Charity Taylor (J.P.), Chrisalyn Brown (Ronald), Heather Purswell (Larry), Brent Poole (Amanda Bedsole), Barbi Poole Lee (Brad), and Brian Poole (Amy); eleven great grandchildren, Zachary Benefield, Shelby Anderson, Keaton Sasser, Kailee Anderson, Andrew Benefield, McKenzie Sasser, Joely Purswell, Hayden Purswell, Jake Taylor, Olivia Poole, and Ava Poole.

            Serving as active pallbearers will be Brent Poole, Zachary Benefield, Andrew Benefield, Keaton Sasser, Ronald Brown, J.P. Taylor and Larry Purswell. 

           

HOLMAN ABBEVILLE MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-585-5261. You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. Crematory not on premises.

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