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Our residents are former teachers, government workers, secretaries, artists, librarians, curators and writers. They are our long-time neighbors and friends who have helped make Arlington such a special place to live and raise families.
Spotlight: Willie Watts
Willie Watts was born in Fort Mill, SC, a small town that was not even on the map until recently, but his career spanned the globe before he came to live at Culpepper Garden.The sixth of 11 children, Mr. Watts moved to the Washington, DC, area to live with family members following his high school graduation in 1951.
After two years of working in the George Washington University Bookstore, he joined the Air Force and was trained as a teletype operator, stationed in Saudi Arabia. He continued this role at the Pentagon as a civilian after his four-year stint in the Air Force. Ten years later, working for the Philco Company, he was sent to Vietnam to install computers and turn them over to the military.
Following a two-year assignment in Greenland as part of another government contract, he returned to Vietnam to destroy equipment and was one of the last people to leave the county. He was picked up by helicopter under light fire and taken to a ship full of refugees fleeing the country.
More recently, Mr. Watts has enjoyed working within the local community, including serving for four years as a bus driver for Arlington Action Programs’ Head Start students. He now has two part-time jobs, helping a disabled man in a wheelchair get undressed and in bed at night and assisting a client who is autistic when the young man’s mother is at work.
Mr. Watts, always full of good cheer and pleasant company, has lived at Culpepper Garden for more than three years.
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| Total number of residents: | 349 |
| Females | 322 |
| Males | 27 |
| Average Age: | 79.5 |
| Largest age group: | 80-89, with 123 residents |
| Average annual income: | $10,300-$18,600 |
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