Talley was born in Orangeburg, SC, of the late Talley Felder Culclasure, Sr. and Frances Raysor Weeks Culclasure of Columbia, SC. Talley is survived by his wife of 30 years, Teresa Martin Culclasure; their three children, Alexa Christine Culclasure of Westmont, IL, Emmie Rebecca Culclasure of Macon, GA, and Jacob Talley Culclasure of Macon, GA; mother, Frances Raysor Weeks Culclasure; his brothers, John Weeks Culclasure, Sr. (James) and Harry Raysor Culclasure (Margaret); father-in-law, R. P. Martin; brother-in-law, Greg L Martin (Heidi); Uncle and Aunts, James Wise Culclasure and Nancy Riley Culclasure and Aunt Susan Culclasure Parker; nieces and nephews, John Weeks Culclasure, Jr (Sarah), Robert Warren Culclasure, Elizabeth Frances (Libby) Culclasure DeBell (Denny), Kathleen Amanda Culclasure, Rachel Frances Culclasure; and great nephew, Graham William DeBell and many cherished cousins.
A true South Carolinian, Talley was raised in St. Matthews, SC and attended The Citadel Military College in Charleston, SC. Given his love for Charleston, biology and medicine, he then attended the Medical University of South Carolina. While at The Citadel, Talley met Teresa Martin. They fell in love and were married at The Citadel in the Summerall Chapel on May 28, 1988 following his medical school graduation. Talley did his internship and residency at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, CO. While in Colorado, Talley and Teresa began their family with Alexa and then Emmie being born. Talley finished his time in the Army at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, GA and to their delight, their son, Jacob was born while living there. After his successful Army career, Talley and family moved to Macon, GA in May, 1999 where they still reside. Dr. Culclasure was a specialist in cardiology and interventional cardiology and he founded the Middle Georgia Heart and Vascular Center in Macon GA with offices in Warner Robins, Eastman, Thomaston and Dublin, GA.
During his medical career, Dr. Culclasure has held the positions of Chief Resident of the Department of Medicine at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, CO and Chief of Cardiology and Directorate of Medicine at Dwight D Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, GA. He also holds the following professional appointments of Associate Professor of Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, GA and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Other professional associations include Fellow of the American College of Physicians and Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Talley has contributed to the medical community in Macon and surrounding areas by serving in multiple capacities; however, he will be remembered most for his devotion and sharing of his time with his patients all over Middle Georgia. He was never too busy to listen to a story or learn of a beloved hobby of his patients. Often Talley enjoyed their story or caught their passion around a hobby and he, too, took up that interest. Some of these include gardening, bee keeping, raising homing pigeons, barbeque judging, auctioning goats and sheep, and raising chickens. Talley had a love for all things outdoors and he formed close relationships with his patients over their shared passions.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 3rd from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. in Trotters at Idle Hour Country Club, 251 Idle Hour Drive, Macon, Georgia 31210. The Memorial service will be held at the Summerall Chapel at The Citadel Military College, Charleston, SC at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday April 5th and will be followed by inurnment at Memorial Bell Tower Columbarium. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to The Citadel Brigadier Foundation Scholarship Fund, the Melanoma Research Foundation specifying Mucosal Melanoma, National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, or charity of donor’s choice.
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Snow’s Memorial Chapel, Cherry Street, has charge of arrangements.
