Debra Renee Culpepper, 48, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Thursday, June 22, 2006 at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Saturday, June 24, at the Ocilla Church Of God, with Rev. Tracy Swanson and Rev. Clayton Dowd officiating. Interment will follow at Riverbend Cemetery in Irwin County. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9, Friday evening at the funeral home in Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Culpepper was born November 1, 1957, in Douglas, Georgia to Jessie E. Baker and the late Agnes Christine Russ Baker. She was a 1975 Honor Graduate of Coffee County High School and lived in Fitzgerald for the past twenty years. Mrs. Culpepper was a Medical Records Transcriptionist, retiring in 2005 from Dorminy Medical Center. Her hobbies were cross-stitching and ceramics, which she enjoyed making as gifts for her family and friends.
Mrs. Culpepper is survived by her husband: Joe Culpepper; son and daughter-in-law: Joseph C. & Michelle Culpepper and grandson: Joseph Camren Culpepper, all of Fitzgerald; father: J.E. Baker of Douglas; sisters: JoAnn Veal of Douglas, Carol Pfeiffer of Apollo Beach, FL and Lanee Baker of Douglas.
The family suggests, those desiring to send memorials, may send them to Blue-Gray Community Hospice, P.O. Box 1447, Fitzgerald, GA 31750.