Bertha Ovita Culpepper

Family members believe, but have no written documentation, that Bertha's full maiden name was BERTHA OVITA WILLIAMS. She was employed as an elementary school teacher with the Bogalusa City School System in Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana. Bertha and Rex lived on the land where Bertha was raised in the Lee's Creek community of Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, the old Jule Williams homestead. This researcher has fond memories of time spent at Mrs. Bertha's house. She volunteered her time to drill and test young girls working toward various steps in G. A.'s (Girls Auxiliary, a Baptist organization geared toward teaching young girls about the life of Christ). Mrs. Bertha had a way of making it fun to learn and of making you feel proud of your accomplishments.