The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, August 28, 1996            TAG: 9608280383
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE                        LENGTH:   22 lines

EDWIN O. CULPEPPER JR.

Edwin Owens Culpepper Jr., 78, of the 4300 block of Midhurst Lane, died Aug. 26, 1996, in Chesapeake Nursing Home.

Mr. Culpepper was a retired marine engineer for the U.S. Government with Newport News Shipbuilding. A native of Portsmouth, he was a member of Western Branch Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia Culpepper; two daughters, Marie Taylor of Chesapeake, Barbara Warren of Lindale, Texas; a son, Edwin O. Culpepper III of Norfolk; a sister, Virginia Buchanan of Winchester; five grandchildren and a great-grandson.

A funeral will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday in Loving Funeral Home Chapel, Churchland, by the Rev. Don Sheffield. Burial will be in Oak Grove. The family will be at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association, 20 Koger Center, Norfolk, Va. 23502.

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