Husband of Clara Norman McCulley.

Irwin Langhoff , Aug 1997. Hopkins Co.

JOSEPH COFFMAN MCCULLEY, Hopkins Co., KY, was born 12 July, 1887 at
Orton. He was the third of five children born to Alanson McCulley,
b 31 Oct. 1857 d 29 Nov. 1921, son of Joseph Scott McCulley and Jane
Frances (Cox). Their other children were Nellie Mae (McCulley) Curtis,
Lillie Katherine (McCulley) Timmons, Willie (McCulley) Walker, and Jesse
McCulley. Alanson and Ilenah Deborah (Coffman), b 22 May 1862 d 2 Dec.
1951 were married circa 1880. She was the daughter of Benjamin Coffman
b 16 Jul. 1818 d 13 Dec. 1893 and Catherine Slaton b 23 Nov. 1833 d 18
May. Their other children were Bion Deforest Coffman, and Rachel
(Coffman) Oldham. Alanson & Ilenah were both natives of Hopkins Co., KY.
Joseph Scott McCulley went to Pike Co., MS to visit his sister Nellie who
had married Rev. Charles Curtis, son of Jacob Curtis and Jane Riah Reeves.
They went to dinner at his sisters home. She had several daughters who
were in the kitchen preparing their meal. He went into the kitchen and
told Granny he had come to "get him a cook". Clara Mae (Norman) b 9 Sept.
1886 was chosen and he married her on 6 February, 1910. She was the
daughter of Martha Adeline "Patty" Curtis b 5 Aug. 1860 d 30 Dec. 1922
and Hugh Monroe Norman b 28 May 1858 d 14 July 1889. Joseph Coffman's
parents wondered what kept him so long in Mississippi. They came down
after him and liked it so much they went back to Hopkins, sold their
property and hired a railroad car to ship their belongings to Pike Co., MS.
They arrived on Christmas Day dressed in their winter woolens only to
find the climate so mild the children were running barefoot in the
streets. They rest together at Reeves Cemetery in Pike Co., MS. Joseph
Coffman McCulley was a farmer who had little schooling. He ran a dairy
business and worked for a time with the railroad. At the end of his life
he had accumulated 192 1/2 acres in Pike County. He was blessed with
four children, Bennie Alton McCulley, Sr., Ilda Lee (McCulley) Jackson,
Frances Hazel (McCulley) White and Ruby Louise (McCulley) Pray. At this
writing (August 1997) the sisters are all still living. Joe and Clara had
eighteen grandchildren, thirty six great grandchildren and
too-numerous-to-count great, great grandchildren. He died 5 June, 1971.
She followed on 2 September, 1971. They are buried at Reeves Cemetery
along with his parents and wife's family. He was a Methodist and a
charter member of the Pearl River Avenue Methodist Church. His wife was
a Baptist. They each went to the church of their choice and attended the
other's church when it was important to do so.