Michael D. Culpepper of Tavares, Florida passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. He was 72.
He was born in Niagara Falls, New York to a military father. He moved to Ft. Myers, Florida at a young age before relocating to central Florida in the 1980’s and finally settling in Tavares. Michael worked at Life Changing Ministries in Eustis in the clothing department when he met Kelly McGillivray and they have been a couple for 15 years. He also worked as a taxicab driver and then as a lab technician in the dental field. He was very talented and could do just about anything. Michael loved to have fun. He enjoyed hanging out with his friends and he loved to laugh.
Michael is remembered and will be dearly missed by his girlfriend, Kelly McGillivray; son, Clay Culpepper of Tuscon, Arizona; sisters, Nancy (Mike) Endersvee of Ft. Myers and Cindy (David) Nivinski of Sorrento, Florida; cousin, James Adams of Mount Dora, Florida, and his nephew, Bobby Culpepper of Ft. Myers.