Son of Nathan Gardner & Julia Rebecca (BROOKS) CULPEPPER. Married 23 APR 1925 at Geneva, Talbot County, Georgia, to Marion Elizabeth McCRARY. Father of at least four children.
From Georgia Through Two Centuries, by Warren Grice, edited by E. Merton Coulter, Ph. D., Vol III, p. 729:
Brooks Culpepper --
Although he was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1914, Brooks Culpepper states that only within the last few years has he devoted his full time to the practice of law. He is a native of Talbot County and a product of Georgia's public schools and colleges, a veteran of service with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I. For many years he has been one of the larger farmers in this county, and has developed a fine breed of pure Hereford cattle. Mr. Culpepper was for a long time a member of the Talbotton City Council and has served as mayor of the town prior to filling his present position as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Talbot County.
He was born in a log cabin in the O'Neal District of Talbot County, on November 8, 1889. The Culpepper family goes back to pioneer days in this area, the subject's father, Nathan Gardner Culpepper, having been born here on March 8, 1852, eight years before the beginning of the Civil War. Mr. Culpepper's mother, the former Julia Rebecca Brooks, was born in Alabama on May 6, 1860. Brooks Culpepper grew up in this rural district of Georgia. As a boy he did farm chores, learned the ways of country life, of growing things, tended to livestock, and became familiar with life that depends upon the soil and its products. The public schools of Talbot County provided him with the standard education of that time from elementary studies through high school. After graduation from the county high school, Mr. Culpepper entered the University of Georgia as a member of the Class of 1908. He later transferred to mercer university in Macon, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws Degree with the Class of 1914. In that year he took the bar examination, passed it, and was licensed to practice in the courts of Georgia.
His career was for many years centered in business and farming rather than in the practice of law. For a time he was in the service of the united States Government. This was climaxed by a tour of duty in Europe with the American Expeditionary Force. He remained in Europe after the war to serve on the Graves Registration Unit, returning to the United States and civilian life late in 1919. Mr. Culpepper came back to Talbotton, and entered business as a dealer and agent of the Standard Oil Company, remaining in this business for fifteen years. He then bought the Chevrolet agency, which he operated until 1955. His first real job had been as a rural mail carrier before he was graduated from college, and through being a native son and this mail carrying experience he knew nearly every person in the town and county. He has been interested in farming all his life, and during his other business ventures never neglected his acres of crops and livestock. In addition to the Georgia row crops, he grew several of the things this state is famous for, and paid considerable attention to livestock. In recent years this has been a major part of his interest. Mr. Culpepper had developed a fine heard of Polled Hereford cattle, and the breeding and raising of these animals was a major project on his acres. For many years he was only a part-time lawyer, an attorney on occasion. His privilege as an officer of the courts was used at intervals, and he represented himself and friends from time to time, but only in comparatively recent years has he really devoted the major part of his time and energies to the practice of law. His has been a varied career as government employee, soldier, automobile dealer and oil company agent, as farmer and breeder of pure livestock, and as attorney. He was also active in politics throughout his life, and held many offices in town and county.
His services as a member of the Talbotton City Council were extended over a number of years. From 1925 to 1927, he was the mayor of Talbotton. Mr. Culpepper was elected to represent the county in Atlanta in the legislature, and is now serving in that capacity. He was a member of the Georgia house of Representatives. In Atlanta, he serves of three House Committees, those dealing with Education, Industry, and Natural Resources. He was secretary of the sub-committee for vocational education. A veteran of political office, he is at home in the legislative halls, and his representation has been heartily approved by his fellow citizens and voters in the effective place, at the polls. His legislative activities fit in well with his revived interest in the practice of law.
His services with the United States Army in World War I lasted from June, 1918, to September, 1919. He was in France with the Chief Quartermaster Office of Supplies, but remained after the war to serve for a time with the Graves Registration Unit. During World War II he acted as agent for the Draft Appeal Board. He has held several positions of honor in the community aside from elective offices. For many years he was chairman of the School Board. He is also chairman of the Pine Mountain Soil Conservation District, and of the Housing Authority of Talbot County. Service affiliations include both the American Legion, which he has served as commander, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He has been active with the Farm Bureau for thirty years. His civic club is the Lions. Mr. Culpepper is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Scottish Rite, and of the Al Sihah Temple of the Shrine at Macon.
On April 25, 1925, at Geneva, Georgia, Brooks Culpepper and Marian M. McCrary were joined in holy matrimony. She is the daughter of the late Ollie J. and Mattie E. (Davis) McCrary. Her father was born February 8, 1864, and died October 5, 1939, in Geneva. Her mother was born at Cuthbert on March 25, 1876, and died March 26, 1943. Mrs. Culpepper was born at Moultrie on July 1, 1903. She is a graduate of Andrew College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Mrs. Culpepper is a member of the Woman's Club in Talbotton, and prior to her marriage taught school there from some years. Mr. And Mrs. Culpepper are the parents of three children:
1. James Gardner Culpepper was born in October, 1928, is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and Auburn University in Alabama. He is married to the former Barbara Tyler of Talbotton, and they have two children: Beneta and Gardner Culpepper.
2. Eugene Brooks Culpepper was born in January 1931. He is also a graduate of the University of Georgia, and is now with the City Planning Commission in Savannah.
3. Marion Carol Culpepper was born in December 1937. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she is married to Jack Caldwell, and they have one son, Nathan Caldwell.
From Georgia Through Two Centuries, by Warren Grice, edited by E. Merton Coulter, Ph. D., Vol III, p. 729:
Brooks Culpepper --
Although he was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1914, Brooks Culpepper states that only within the last few years has he devoted his full time to the practice of law. He is a native of Talbot County and a product of Georgia's public schools and colleges, a veteran of service with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I. For many years he has been one of the larger farmers in this county, and has developed a fine breed of pure Hereford cattle. Mr. Culpepper was for a long time a member of the Talbotton City Council and has served as mayor of the town prior to filling his present position as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Talbot County.
He was born in a log cabin in the O'Neal District of Talbot County, on November 8, 1889. The Culpepper family goes back to pioneer days in this area, the subject's father, Nathan Gardner Culpepper, having been born here on March 8, 1852, eight years before the beginning of the Civil War. Mr. Culpepper's mother, the former Julia Rebecca Brooks, was born in Alabama on May 6, 1860. Brooks Culpepper grew up in this rural district of Georgia. As a boy he did farm chores, learned the ways of country life, of growing things, tended to livestock, and became familiar with life that depends upon the soil and its products. The public schools of Talbot County provided him with the standard education of that time from elementary studies through high school. After graduation from the county high school, Mr. Culpepper entered the University of Georgia as a member of the Class of 1908. He later transferred to mercer university in Macon, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws Degree with the Class of 1914. In that year he took the bar examination, passed it, and was licensed to practice in the courts of Georgia.
His career was for many years centered in business and farming rather than in the practice of law. For a time he was in the service of the united States Government. This was climaxed by a tour of duty in Europe with the American Expeditionary Force. He remained in Europe after the war to serve on the Graves Registration Unit, returning to the United States and civilian life late in 1919. Mr. Culpepper came back to Talbotton, and entered business as a dealer and agent of the Standard Oil Company, remaining in this business for fifteen years. He then bought the Chevrolet agency, which he operated until 1955. His first real job had been as a rural mail carrier before he was graduated from college, and through being a native son and this mail carrying experience he knew nearly every person in the town and county. He has been interested in farming all his life, and during his other business ventures never neglected his acres of crops and livestock. In addition to the Georgia row crops, he grew several of the things this state is famous for, and paid considerable attention to livestock. In recent years this has been a major part of his interest. Mr. Culpepper had developed a fine heard of Polled Hereford cattle, and the breeding and raising of these animals was a major project on his acres. For many years he was only a part-time lawyer, an attorney on occasion. His privilege as an officer of the courts was used at intervals, and he represented himself and friends from time to time, but only in comparatively recent years has he really devoted the major part of his time and energies to the practice of law. His has been a varied career as government employee, soldier, automobile dealer and oil company agent, as farmer and breeder of pure livestock, and as attorney. He was also active in politics throughout his life, and held many offices in town and county.
His services as a member of the Talbotton City Council were extended over a number of years. From 1925 to 1927, he was the mayor of Talbotton. Mr. Culpepper was elected to represent the county in Atlanta in the legislature, and is now serving in that capacity. He was a member of the Georgia house of Representatives. In Atlanta, he serves of three House Committees, those dealing with Education, Industry, and Natural Resources. He was secretary of the sub-committee for vocational education. A veteran of political office, he is at home in the legislative halls, and his representation has been heartily approved by his fellow citizens and voters in the effective place, at the polls. His legislative activities fit in well with his revived interest in the practice of law.
His services with the United States Army in World War I lasted from June, 1918, to September, 1919. He was in France with the Chief Quartermaster Office of Supplies, but remained after the war to serve for a time with the Graves Registration Unit. During World War II he acted as agent for the Draft Appeal Board. He has held several positions of honor in the community aside from elective offices. For many years he was chairman of the School Board. He is also chairman of the Pine Mountain Soil Conservation District, and of the Housing Authority of Talbot County. Service affiliations include both the American Legion, which he has served as commander, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He has been active with the Farm Bureau for thirty years. His civic club is the Lions. Mr. Culpepper is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Scottish Rite, and of the Al Sihah Temple of the Shrine at Macon.
On April 25, 1925, at Geneva, Georgia, Brooks Culpepper and Marian M. McCrary were joined in holy matrimony. She is the daughter of the late Ollie J. and Mattie E. (Davis) McCrary. Her father was born February 8, 1864, and died October 5, 1939, in Geneva. Her mother was born at Cuthbert on March 25, 1876, and died March 26, 1943. Mrs. Culpepper was born at Moultrie on July 1, 1903. She is a graduate of Andrew College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Mrs. Culpepper is a member of the Woman's Club in Talbotton, and prior to her marriage taught school there from some years. Mr. And Mrs. Culpepper are the parents of three children:
1. James Gardner Culpepper was born in October, 1928, is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and Auburn University in Alabama. He is married to the former Barbara Tyler of Talbotton, and they have two children: Beneta and Gardner Culpepper.
2. Eugene Brooks Culpepper was born in January 1931. He is also a graduate of the University of Georgia, and is now with the City Planning Commission in Savannah.
3. Marion Carol Culpepper was born in December 1937. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she is married to Jack Caldwell, and they have one son, Nathan Caldwell.
Son of Nathan Gardner & Julia Rebecca (BROOKS) CULPEPPER. Married 23 APR 1925 at Geneva, Talbot County, Georgia, to Marion Elizabeth McCRARY. Father of at least four children.
From Georgia Through Two Centuries, by Warren Grice, edited by E. Merton Coulter, Ph. D., Vol III, p. 729:
Brooks Culpepper --
Although he was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1914, Brooks Culpepper states that only within the last few years has he devoted his full time to the practice of law. He is a native of Talbot County and a product of Georgia's public schools and colleges, a veteran of service with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I. For many years he has been one of the larger farmers in this county, and has developed a fine breed of pure Hereford cattle. Mr. Culpepper was for a long time a member of the Talbotton City Council and has served as mayor of the town prior to filling his present position as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Talbot County.
He was born in a log cabin in the O'Neal District of Talbot County, on November 8, 1889. The Culpepper family goes back to pioneer days in this area, the subject's father, Nathan Gardner Culpepper, having been born here on March 8, 1852, eight years before the beginning of the Civil War. Mr. Culpepper's mother, the former Julia Rebecca Brooks, was born in Alabama on May 6, 1860. Brooks Culpepper grew up in this rural district of Georgia. As a boy he did farm chores, learned the ways of country life, of growing things, tended to livestock, and became familiar with life that depends upon the soil and its products. The public schools of Talbot County provided him with the standard education of that time from elementary studies through high school. After graduation from the county high school, Mr. Culpepper entered the University of Georgia as a member of the Class of 1908. He later transferred to mercer university in Macon, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws Degree with the Class of 1914. In that year he took the bar examination, passed it, and was licensed to practice in the courts of Georgia.
His career was for many years centered in business and farming rather than in the practice of law. For a time he was in the service of the united States Government. This was climaxed by a tour of duty in Europe with the American Expeditionary Force. He remained in Europe after the war to serve on the Graves Registration Unit, returning to the United States and civilian life late in 1919. Mr. Culpepper came back to Talbotton, and entered business as a dealer and agent of the Standard Oil Company, remaining in this business for fifteen years. He then bought the Chevrolet agency, which he operated until 1955. His first real job had been as a rural mail carrier before he was graduated from college, and through being a native son and this mail carrying experience he knew nearly every person in the town and county. He has been interested in farming all his life, and during his other business ventures never neglected his acres of crops and livestock. In addition to the Georgia row crops, he grew several of the things this state is famous for, and paid considerable attention to livestock. In recent years this has been a major part of his interest. Mr. Culpepper had developed a fine heard of Polled Hereford cattle, and the breeding and raising of these animals was a major project on his acres. For many years he was only a part-time lawyer, an attorney on occasion. His privilege as an officer of the courts was used at intervals, and he represented himself and friends from time to time, but only in comparatively recent years has he really devoted the major part of his time and energies to the practice of law. His has been a varied career as government employee, soldier, automobile dealer and oil company agent, as farmer and breeder of pure livestock, and as attorney. He was also active in politics throughout his life, and held many offices in town and county.
His services as a member of the Talbotton City Council were extended over a number of years. From 1925 to 1927, he was the mayor of Talbotton. Mr. Culpepper was elected to represent the county in Atlanta in the legislature, and is now serving in that capacity. He was a member of the Georgia house of Representatives. In Atlanta, he serves of three House Committees, those dealing with Education, Industry, and Natural Resources. He was secretary of the sub-committee for vocational education. A veteran of political office, he is at home in the legislative halls, and his representation has been heartily approved by his fellow citizens and voters in the effective place, at the polls. His legislative activities fit in well with his revived interest in the practice of law.
His services with the United States Army in World War I lasted from June, 1918, to September, 1919. He was in France with the Chief Quartermaster Office of Supplies, but remained after the war to serve for a time with the Graves Registration Unit. During World War II he acted as agent for the Draft Appeal Board. He has held several positions of honor in the community aside from elective offices. For many years he was chairman of the School Board. He is also chairman of the Pine Mountain Soil Conservation District, and of the Housing Authority of Talbot County. Service affiliations include both the American Legion, which he has served as commander, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He has been active with the Farm Bureau for thirty years. His civic club is the Lions. Mr. Culpepper is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Scottish Rite, and of the Al Sihah Temple of the Shrine at Macon.
On April 25, 1925, at Geneva, Georgia, Brooks Culpepper and Marian M. McCrary were joined in holy matrimony. She is the daughter of the late Ollie J. and Mattie E. (Davis) McCrary. Her father was born February 8, 1864, and died October 5, 1939, in Geneva. Her mother was born at Cuthbert on March 25, 1876, and died March 26, 1943. Mrs. Culpepper was born at Moultrie on July 1, 1903. She is a graduate of Andrew College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Mrs. Culpepper is a member of the Woman's Club in Talbotton, and prior to her marriage taught school there from some years. Mr. And Mrs. Culpepper are the parents of three children:
1. James Gardner Culpepper was born in October, 1928, is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and Auburn University in Alabama. He is married to the former Barbara Tyler of Talbotton, and they have two children: Beneta and Gardner Culpepper.
2. Eugene Brooks Culpepper was born in January 1931. He is also a graduate of the University of Georgia, and is now with the City Planning Commission in Savannah.
3. Marion Carol Culpepper was born in December 1937. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she is married to Jack Caldwell, and they have one son, Nathan Caldwell.
From Georgia Through Two Centuries, by Warren Grice, edited by E. Merton Coulter, Ph. D., Vol III, p. 729:
Brooks Culpepper --
Although he was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1914, Brooks Culpepper states that only within the last few years has he devoted his full time to the practice of law. He is a native of Talbot County and a product of Georgia's public schools and colleges, a veteran of service with the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I. For many years he has been one of the larger farmers in this county, and has developed a fine breed of pure Hereford cattle. Mr. Culpepper was for a long time a member of the Talbotton City Council and has served as mayor of the town prior to filling his present position as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Talbot County.
He was born in a log cabin in the O'Neal District of Talbot County, on November 8, 1889. The Culpepper family goes back to pioneer days in this area, the subject's father, Nathan Gardner Culpepper, having been born here on March 8, 1852, eight years before the beginning of the Civil War. Mr. Culpepper's mother, the former Julia Rebecca Brooks, was born in Alabama on May 6, 1860. Brooks Culpepper grew up in this rural district of Georgia. As a boy he did farm chores, learned the ways of country life, of growing things, tended to livestock, and became familiar with life that depends upon the soil and its products. The public schools of Talbot County provided him with the standard education of that time from elementary studies through high school. After graduation from the county high school, Mr. Culpepper entered the University of Georgia as a member of the Class of 1908. He later transferred to mercer university in Macon, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws Degree with the Class of 1914. In that year he took the bar examination, passed it, and was licensed to practice in the courts of Georgia.
His career was for many years centered in business and farming rather than in the practice of law. For a time he was in the service of the united States Government. This was climaxed by a tour of duty in Europe with the American Expeditionary Force. He remained in Europe after the war to serve on the Graves Registration Unit, returning to the United States and civilian life late in 1919. Mr. Culpepper came back to Talbotton, and entered business as a dealer and agent of the Standard Oil Company, remaining in this business for fifteen years. He then bought the Chevrolet agency, which he operated until 1955. His first real job had been as a rural mail carrier before he was graduated from college, and through being a native son and this mail carrying experience he knew nearly every person in the town and county. He has been interested in farming all his life, and during his other business ventures never neglected his acres of crops and livestock. In addition to the Georgia row crops, he grew several of the things this state is famous for, and paid considerable attention to livestock. In recent years this has been a major part of his interest. Mr. Culpepper had developed a fine heard of Polled Hereford cattle, and the breeding and raising of these animals was a major project on his acres. For many years he was only a part-time lawyer, an attorney on occasion. His privilege as an officer of the courts was used at intervals, and he represented himself and friends from time to time, but only in comparatively recent years has he really devoted the major part of his time and energies to the practice of law. His has been a varied career as government employee, soldier, automobile dealer and oil company agent, as farmer and breeder of pure livestock, and as attorney. He was also active in politics throughout his life, and held many offices in town and county.
His services as a member of the Talbotton City Council were extended over a number of years. From 1925 to 1927, he was the mayor of Talbotton. Mr. Culpepper was elected to represent the county in Atlanta in the legislature, and is now serving in that capacity. He was a member of the Georgia house of Representatives. In Atlanta, he serves of three House Committees, those dealing with Education, Industry, and Natural Resources. He was secretary of the sub-committee for vocational education. A veteran of political office, he is at home in the legislative halls, and his representation has been heartily approved by his fellow citizens and voters in the effective place, at the polls. His legislative activities fit in well with his revived interest in the practice of law.
His services with the United States Army in World War I lasted from June, 1918, to September, 1919. He was in France with the Chief Quartermaster Office of Supplies, but remained after the war to serve for a time with the Graves Registration Unit. During World War II he acted as agent for the Draft Appeal Board. He has held several positions of honor in the community aside from elective offices. For many years he was chairman of the School Board. He is also chairman of the Pine Mountain Soil Conservation District, and of the Housing Authority of Talbot County. Service affiliations include both the American Legion, which he has served as commander, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He has been active with the Farm Bureau for thirty years. His civic club is the Lions. Mr. Culpepper is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Scottish Rite, and of the Al Sihah Temple of the Shrine at Macon.
On April 25, 1925, at Geneva, Georgia, Brooks Culpepper and Marian M. McCrary were joined in holy matrimony. She is the daughter of the late Ollie J. and Mattie E. (Davis) McCrary. Her father was born February 8, 1864, and died October 5, 1939, in Geneva. Her mother was born at Cuthbert on March 25, 1876, and died March 26, 1943. Mrs. Culpepper was born at Moultrie on July 1, 1903. She is a graduate of Andrew College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Mrs. Culpepper is a member of the Woman's Club in Talbotton, and prior to her marriage taught school there from some years. Mr. And Mrs. Culpepper are the parents of three children:
1. James Gardner Culpepper was born in October, 1928, is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and Auburn University in Alabama. He is married to the former Barbara Tyler of Talbotton, and they have two children: Beneta and Gardner Culpepper.
2. Eugene Brooks Culpepper was born in January 1931. He is also a graduate of the University of Georgia, and is now with the City Planning Commission in Savannah.
3. Marion Carol Culpepper was born in December 1937. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she is married to Jack Caldwell, and they have one son, Nathan Caldwell.
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