Virginia H. Culpepper

Katharine Virginia Hutchinson Culpepper, 100, died on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. Virginia was born December 6, 1913 in Monticello, GA. to Thomas Monroe Hutchinson and Virginia (Jennie) Broun Hutchinson both of whom predeceased her.

A Valdosta resident since the age of 6 years, she graduated from Georgia State Woman's College, now Valdosta State University. For 62 years she was the beloved wife of William Jeter Culpepper of this city, who died in January, 2001.

A member of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), she was active in all phases of the church, both at the local and state levels. She served on the church's governing board as well as the Regional Board of Christian Churches in Georgia. An Elder Emerita, she had also served as deacon, Sunday School teacher and twice president of the Christian Women's Fellowship, as well as on the Regional C.W.F. Board.

Always interested in civic and community affairs, Mrs. Culpepper had been a member of the following governing boards: the American Cancer Society, Valdosta State College Alumni Association , South Georgia Regional Library, the Lowndes County Unit of the American Heart
Association, the Valdosta Garden Club and the Salvation Army.

A founder and twice president of the Book Review Club, she was also a founder and president of the Valdosta Camellia Society and of the Withlacoochee Watchers, a local birding club. She was an active member of the Garden Writers of America, the American Holly Society and the American Horticultural Society. Interested in genealogy, she was a former member of the Daughters of the American Colonists and a former member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

As Features Editor of the Valdosta Daily Times, she won awards from Associated Press and Thompson Newspapers. She also wrote a popular weekly garden column "Thumbs Up". She later worked as a writer in the Valdosta State College Media Relations Office.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Virginia (Ginger) and Charles Alexander and Kate and John Swiderski, all of Valdosta; three grandchildren and spouses: Katharine and Byron Courson of Hahira, GA., Tony Alexander of Marietta, GA, and Bill and Stacey Alexander of Woodstock, GA. There are five great-grandchildren: Will and Sydney Alexander, Katie Courson, and Cabell and Emma Alexander. She was predeceased by her sister Broun Parmenter of West Newton, MA.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday February 8, 2014, at 2 p.m. at First Christian Church with Rev. Chris Michael officiating. A visitation and reception will follow in the church fellowship hall. Memorials may be made to First Christian Church, 1905 N. Patterson St. Valdosta, GA 31602 or Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Georgia Chapter, 2302 Parklake Dr. NE, Suite 210, Atlanta, GA 30345 or at WWW.CFF.org. Carson McLane Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Culpepper.



Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602