Husband: Sterling Franklin Reed
Born: Oct-11-1906 in Lost Creek, Harrison Co, WV 1
Died: May-14-1942 in Gulf of Mexico
Census: 1930 in Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV (see note 1)
Census: 1910, 1920 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV
Military: (enlisted 4/20/1942) Able Seaman, Merchant Marines (killed when ship David McKelvy torpedoed by German U-boat) (see note 2)
Father: Clarence Ewell Reed (1876 - 1938)
Mother: Anna Garrison (1879 - 1957)
Wife: Ethyl Lenora Cumberledge Also known as: Ethel Lenore Cumberledge 2
Born: Jun-10-1919 in Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 3,4,5 Died: Nov- 6-1985 5 Resided: 1946 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3 Census: 1920 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Father: James Edward Cumberledge (1884 - ) Mother: Laura Blanche Kyle (1896 - ) Other spouse 2
Sources: (1) 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV. (2) Obituary of husband. (3) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Event Notes Note (1) Also enumerated as a member of brother Harvey's household in Albemarle County, Virginia. Note (2) Military news item, undated: "The files of the Merchant Marine Personnel Records and Welfare Section show Sterling Franklin Reed, born 11th of October, 1906, in Lost Creek, West Virginia, obtained Seaman's documents necessary for employment on merchant vessels of the United States on July 7, 1941. "He signed on the S.S. David McKelvy, operated by Tidewater Associated Oil Company, as able seaman on April 20th, 1942, at Baltimore, Md. This vessel was lost through enemy action on May 14th, 1942, and as a result of the casualty Mr. Reed was presumed lost and reported missing by the Commandant, R. H. Farinholt, Lt.U.S.C.G.R.(T). "Sterling Reed was the son of Clarence E. and Anna Garrison Reed, who operated a hotel in West Union for several years; his wife was Ethel Lenore Cumberledge Reed and resides in Clarksburg at this time. They had no children." http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/person/2055.html http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1653.html