IDA "ELIZABETH" MARTIN CULBERSON

                                         Above is a photo of my Mammaw, Ida Elizabeth Martin

 Above is Ruby Durham Berti (half sister to Ida Elizabeth), Elizabeth Martin and their mom, Etta Luticia Brasher Durham Martin.

Etta Luticia Brasher Durham Martin with daughter & My Mammaw, Ida Elizabeth Martin

This is the only photo of my Mammaw with her daddy, Larkin Nelson Martin.  She was about 2 years old.  He was 20 when he passed away from Typhoid Fever.  This is at Duggan & Kelly in Monroe County, Tennessee.

                                                                                1939

 Above is Mammaw (middle), my daddy and her second born, Larry, to the right myself (her granddaughter) and the baby is our oldest son, Joshua (6 months old at the time)

June 1994

Above is her surprise 80th birthday party, just 11 days before her passing.  To her left is Aunt Reva Shadden Culberson, who passed away just 3 months later of a heart attack.

June 1994

DESCENDANTS OF IDA "ELIZABETH" MARTIN CULBERSON

IDA ELIZABETH MARTIN (LARKIN NELSON, JOSIAH S., JOHN, WILLIAM DAVID) was born June 19, 1914 in Englewood, Tn (Mcminn Co), and died June 30, 1994 in Englewood, TN (McMinn Co.).  She married (1) LEROY TOWNSAND.  He died Unknown.  She married (2) CHARLES CULBERSON January 16, 1939 in Athens, Tennessee (McMinn County), son of WILLIAM "BILL" CULBERSON and MARY TIPPENS.  He was born July 14, 1912 in Benton, TN (Polk Co), and died February 22, 2001 in Roane County TN.

                                                                           1992

                                                                         

     This was taken in April 1994, just a few months before she passed away in her sleep.

More About IDA ELIZABETH MARTIN:

Burial: July 03, 1994, Chestua Cemetary (Monroe Co.)

More About CHARLES CULBERSON:

Burial: February 25, 2001, Chestua Cemetery, Monroe CO TN

One of my VERY favorite pictures of 3 of the boys.  Top to bottom, Ron, Larry and David Culberson

Ron, Larry & David Culberson

Ron, Larry, David & Mike (infant) Culberson

Above photo was taken Christmas 1993 at Charles & Elizabeth Culberson's house in Englewood, TN.  

Children of IDA MARTIN and CHARLES CULBERSON are:

3.                i.    CHARLES RONALD⁶ CULBERSON, b. Private.

4.               ii.    LARRY EUGENE CULBERSON, b. Private.

5.              iii.    DAVID GERALD CULBERSON, b. Private.

6.              iv.    MICHAEL JOSEPH CULBERSON, b. Private.