DATE: Monday, March 31, 1997                TAG: 9703310027

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FLEETWOOD W. CULPEPER SR.

Fleetwood Wilson Culpeper Sr., 84, of the 2800 block of Buskey Road, died Saturday, March 29, 1997.

Mr. Culpeper was born in old Norfolk County and was the son of Bettie E. Culpeper of Chesapeake and the late George W. Culpeper. He was the widower of Vivian H. Culpeper. He had retired after 50 years as a Chesapeake farmer. He had served as a deacon and trustee of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. He was a member of the A.S.C.S. and a former member of the Hickory Ruritan Club.

Other survivors include his two daughters, Barbara Curles and Gloria Reid; his three sons, Fleetwood Culpeper Jr., Forrest Culpeper and Winfred Culpeper, all of Chesapeake; his sister, Blanche Hassell of Salem, Va.; his brother, Eugene Culpeper of Wilmington, Del.; 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a special friend and companion, Lillie Mae Umphlett.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Oman Funeral Home, Great Bridge, by the Rev. Tom Mercer. Burial will follow in Chesapeake Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 8:30. Memorial donations may be made to the Living Memorial Bible Plan of Gideons International, Chesapeake Camp, P.O. Box 1102, Chesapeake, Va. 23327. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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