Husband: Paul Franklin Cupp
Also known as: Franklin Cupp
Born: Jul- 7-1937 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Mar-14-1963 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 3,4
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 5
Cause of death: cancer 3 (see note 1)
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2,3
Census: 1940 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV
Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1956) 6
Military: Oct- 9-1956 - Oct- 8-1962 GM3, US Navy, Vietnam era (USS Colahan DD-658, USS Joyce DE-317) 7,3
Father: Paul Davis Cupp (1903 - 1988)
Mother: Naomi Ruth Cox (1911 - 1993)
Wife: Living
Father: George Kelley (1904 - 1957) Mother: Goldie Blake (1907 - 2001) Other spouse 2
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Brooke County Marriage Records, Wellsburg, WV. (3) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. (4) Headstone. (5) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (6) Newspaper wedding announcement. (7) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration. Event Notes Note (1) Immediate family states that he returned home from military service in poor health. It was believed that his illness and early death were caused by his exposure to plutonium while serving aboard the USS Joyce during Operation Hardtack, the atomic bomb testing series at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands in Spring 1958.