Emma Virginia McCullers

Descendants of Mary Arden Crankfield

Emma Virginia (Mount) McCullers was the daughter of Mary Arden Crankfield and her second husband, Benjamin E. Mount.

Emma had siblings: Jonathan Mount (b. 1869), Luther Mount (b. 1872), Arthur Mount (1873-1874 buried at Busby Family Cemetery, Calhoun County, Alabama), and Josephine “Josie” Mount (b. 1877).

Emma married James James Dudley McCullers (a farmer) in 1884. In his later years, he would write his two Alabama U.S. senators every few weeks to give his views. They had twenty (20) children between 1885 and 1909. They were all born in Calhoun County, Alabama. Nine (9) of the children did not make it to adulthood. The twenty children were:

1) Daniel Virginius McCullers (1885-1885)

2) Mary Alice McCullers (1886-1887)

3) Earnest Victor McCullers (1887-1887)

4) Jason McCullers (b. 1889), married Ollie Erwin in 1924. He served in World War I.

5) James Frank McCullers (1890-1954) married Lou Mount.

6) Carl Dudley McCullers (b. 1892) married Mildred Kelley in Santa Monica, California. He served in World War I. One of his granddaughters is Monet Holmquist.

7) Annie Arden McCullers (1893-1979). She married J. R. Bunch in 1909. They had three children:

• Mary Arden Bunch (b. 1919)
• Jason Rennie Bunch (b. 1921)
• Elizabeth Virginia Bunch (b. 1923) 8) (baby) McCullers (1894-1894).

9) Euna McCullers (b. 1895). She married Berkley Alter Woodruff. He was a captain in the engineer corps in World War I. Euna was a nurse. During World War I she served in the Army nurse corps and later was a public health nurse in Columbia S.C. Euna McCullers and Berkley Alter Woodruff had one child. This was Crankfield family historian,

• Virginia Woodruff Bowen. Virginia and her husband, Perry Bowen, live near Port Royal, Virginia on a farm called Oakenbrow. Their son,
  • Perry Bowne Jr., along with his dad, raise spinach on a large scale along with other crops. 10) Emma Virginia McCullers (b. 1896) was the tenth child of Emma and James Dudley McCullers. Emma Virginia married James Alfred Bottoms. They had five children. Their first child,
• Irma Christine Bottoms (b. 1917) married Arlie Hampton in 1938. From the union of Irma Christine and Arlie Hampton came Crankfield family historian,
  • Arlene Hampton. If Littleton Crankfield is counted as the first generation, then Emma Mount McCullers was the fourth generation down and Arlene Hampton the seventh generation down from Littleton Crankfield. The other four children of Emma and James Alfred Bottoms were
• Edwina Katherine Bottoms
• Euna Virginia Bottoms
• Jimmie Bottoms
• Ralph Lewis Bottoms 11) (baby) McCullers (1897-1897)

12) Eugene Crankfield McCullers (1898-1906)

13) Fred Lewis McCullers (b. 1900). He married ______Bynum.

14) (boy twin) McCullers (1902-1902)

15) (girl twin) McCullers (1902-1902)

16) May Geneva McCullers (b. 1903). She married Dennis Pafe.

17) Paul McCullers (b. 1905). He married Amy Hall.

18) (baby) McCullers (1906-1906).

19) Ruth Clara McCullers (b. 1907). She married L. P. Morgan.

20) Myrtle Gertrude McCullers (b. 1909). (b. 1909). She married Lionel LeBourget.