Lenora Culpepper

FORT MEADE - Mrs. Amanda Lenora Culpepper, 93, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at Bartow Regional Medical Center of heart failure. Mrs. Culpepper was born on Sept. 16, 1918 in Conway, S.C. She was a longtime resident of Fort Meade, and resided the last few years in Imperial Lakes in Mulberry. Mrs. Culpepper was a homemaker and a very active and faithful member of the First Baptist Church, Fort Meade where she was a longtime Sunday School Teacher in the Children's Dept., she was also an active choir member and a member of the Joy Club. Mrs. Culpepper was a member of the Fort Meade Order of the Eastern Star where she has held several offices, a member of the Fort Meade Garden Club, volunteer and Member of the Fort Meade Historical Museum, very active in the Extension Homemakers, and also attended Winthrop University in Rockhill, S.C. Mrs. Culpepper had an impact on so many people during her lifetime, she reached out and mothered many children through her loving ways, and she was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need, and would never turn anyone away. Mrs. Culpepper was preceded in death by her husband, R.J. Culpepper, Sr., daughter, Joyce Elaine Tabb, two brothers, and sisters, Leona Merchant, Margaret Whiteside and nephew, John Merchant. She is survived by her sons, R.J. Culpepper, Jr. and wife Glay, St. John's, FL and David Culpepper and wife Jackie, Aiken, SC; niece, Doris Merchant, Winter Springs, FL; great-nephew, Joel Merchant; grandchildren, Richard Tabb, Ross Culpepper, Michele Moses, Bill Culpepper, Suzanne Culpepper, Ben Culpepper, Jon Culpepper, Matthew Culpepper, and six great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Thursday, April 19th at Hancock Funeral Home, 945 E. Broadway, Fort Meade. Funeral services will be held 10:30am, Friday, April 20, 2012 at the First Baptist Church, 307 E. Broadway, Fort Meade with Rev. Kenny Slay officiating. Interment will follow in Lake Wales Cemetery. Hancock Funeral Home, Fort Meade 863-285-8171