Anne Culpepper Driggers

Published 5:00 am Friday, October 3, 2014

    Services for Anne Culpepper Driggers will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Webb Chapel with Bro. Danny Lanier officiating. Burial will be Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

    Mrs. Driggers, 76, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. Margaret Anne Culpepper Driggers was born Oct. 16, 1937. She became the child of Robert and Inez Culpepper through adoption.Her parents raised and loved her and gave her the life she deserved. Ann was a devoted wife and mother but above all she loved the Lord. She was an inspiration to others, proving that there is no reason not to attend church. She was a faithful member of Northcrest Baptist Church. She had chronic back issues that left her in severe pain and made the tasks difficult. She would, however, get up and go to church anyway. She would always say by the end of the service, God had made her feel better

    She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Calvin Crosby Driggers Sr.; son, Calvin Crosby Driggers Jr (Imelda); daughters, Suzanne Driggers Alawine (Butch) and Amanda Driggers Futral (Robbie); seven grandchildren: Sacho Regala, Stephany Joy Regala, Kathyreen Regala, Jessica Alawine Begley (Jason), Danielle Alawine Swancey (Trek), Bethann Futral, Nikki Futral; seven great grandchildren: Loureen Qyle, Quandice, Paul, Kameron Clayton, Dixie Clayton, Michael Begley, and Caitlynn Begley; sister-in law, Carolyn Cox; cousins, Susan Wright (Dan), Bill Covert and Cathleen Gavain, and numerous nieces and nephews.

    She is preceded in death her parents, Robert Blanks Culpepper and Inez Covert Culpepper, and numerous In-laws.

    Pallbearers will be Trek Swancey, Jason Begley, Sacho Regala, Dan Wright, Randy Evans and Rodney Moon. Honorary pallbearers will be John Satcher, Phillip Gable, and Howard Beeland.

    Visitation will be Saturday from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. at the funeral home.

    Family and friends may sign online register book at www.jamesfwebb.com.