Union County ArArchives Biographies.....Culp, John Elmore ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 June 15, 2009, 2:56 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) JOHN ELMORE CULP. John Elmore Culp, one of the leading and representative business men of El Dorado, now occupying the presidency of the Arkansas Wholesale Grocery Company, one of the leading commercial enterprises of the city, was born February 14, 1892, in the city which is still his home, his parents being Mr. and Mrs. Elmore W. Culp, of whom extended mention is made on another page of this work. At the usual age he became a public school pupil, passing through consecutive grades in El Dorado and later enjoying the benefit of a commercial course in Draughan's Business College at Little Rock. He completed his studies there in 1910 and returned home to become associated with his father in business as a member of the office force of the Arkansas Wholesale Grocery Company. He then bent his energies to a mastery of every phase of the business with which he became connected in the discharge of his official duties and had thus been well trained for further responsibilities when in 1915, immediately following his father's death, he was elected to the presidency of the company. He has since served in this capacity, covering a period of six years, and his prominence in business circles is further indicated in the fact that he is the president of the El Dorado Building & Loan Association. For some years Mr. Culp was a member of the city council, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many measures for the general good. He is a member of the Rotary Club and of the board of directors of the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to El Dorado Lodge, No. 1129, B. P. O. E., of which he was exalted ruler in 1917-18. He has membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and his entire life has been guided by those principles which neither seek nor require disguise. His course reflects credit upon an honored family name and he is regarded as a dominant figure in the commercial circles of the city. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/union/bios/culp94bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb