From the "Culpepper Family Tree" website:

Linda Gail Culpepper Shultz, 63, was taken unexpectedly on Saturday, March 10, 2007.  She was born Dec. 6, 1943, in Amarillo, and was raised in Pampa. Her parents, James and Rubye Culpepper, preceded her in death.

Gail met Gary at the University of North Texas. Gail and Gary married upon her receiving her master's degree in education in 1965. The marriage resulted in three children, Ryan, Taylor and Lauren.

In her professional life she was an elementary teacher of 20 years with most of her tenure as a fifth-grade teacher at West Hurst Elementary in Hurst, TX. She also taught at Treetops, a Montessori-inspired school in Euless.  She was quite active in the Texas Classroom Teachers Association for her school district, serving as president. .

Survivors: Her husband, Gary of Bedford; her son, Ryan Shultz and daughter-in-law, Connie of Dallas; son, Taylor Shultz and daughter-in-law, Melissa of Washington, D.C; daughter, Lauren Smeds and son-in-law, Gary, of North Richland Hills; her brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Audrey Culpepper of Warrensburg, Mo; sister-in-law, Joy and husband, Billy Williams, of North Richland Hills; mother-in-law, Loree Shultz of Pampa; four grandchildren, Sophia, Jacqueline, Harper and Tennyson; and many loving nephews, nieces and cousins.

Find more details about Gail at gen.culpepper.com/ss/p25088.htm .