Marvin T. Culpepper

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Marvin Tandy Culpepper, Sr.
Louisiana State Representative from Jackson Parish
In office
1964–1968
Preceded byI. J. Allen
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born(1908-11-26)November 26, 1908
Jonesboro, Jackson Parish
Louisiana, US
DiedJanuary 31, 1970(1970-01-31) (aged 61)
Hodge, Jackson Parish
Resting placeSpringhill Cemetery in Jonesboro
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Ezelle Fleming Culpepper (married 1938–1970, his death)
ChildrenMarvin T. Culpepper, Jr.

Mark Alan Culpepper
Kathy Belle Culpepper

John Fleming Culpepper
ResidenceJonesboro, Louisiana
OccupationEngineer; farmer
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

Marvin Tandy Culpepper, Sr. (November 26, 1908 – January 31, 1970), was an engineer, machinist, and farmer from Jackson Parish in North Louisiana, who served from 1964 to 1968 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. His one term in office coincided with the first term of Governor John McKeithen. He was defeated for reelection by his fellow Democrat , who in his second term in the chamber became the House Speaker.[1]

A native of Jonesboro, the parish seat of Jackson Parish, Culpepper was the son of the former Julia Catherine Reed (1878–1950) and William Franklin Culpepper (1871–1962). He held a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, degree-granting institution unavailable. During World War II, Culpepper worked in radar stationed in Belmar in Monmouth County in eastern New Jersey. He and his wife, the former Ezelle O. Fleming (1914–1999), married in 1938 in Shreveport. The couple had three sons, Marvin Tandy Culpepper, Jr. (born April 1940) of Monroe, Louisiana and Mark Alan Culpepper (born June 1946) and John Fleming Culpepper (born 1951), both of Jonesboro, and a daughter, Kathy Belle Culpepper. Mrs. Culpepper said that her husband had such mechanical ability that he "could make anything".[2]

Culpepper died in Hodge north of Jonesboro in 1970 at the age of sixty-one. Marvin and Ezelle Culpepper are interred at Springhill Cemetery in Jonesboro.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2016 (Jackson Parish)" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Culpepper Family Tree". gen.culpepper.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
Preceded by
I. J. Allen
Louisiana State Representative from Jackson Parish
Marvin Tandy Culpepper, Sr.

1964—1968
Succeeded by
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