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Coy Virgil CUMBERLEDGE

Coy Virgil CUMBERLEDGE

Male 1921 - 1977  (55 years)

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  • Name Coy Virgil CUMBERLEDGE 
    Born 7 Dec 1921  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military From 10 Nov 1942 to 5 Dec 1947  [3, 4] 
    MMM2, Minesweeper YMS-413, US Navy, WW II (Pacific) 
    Census 1930 304 COTTAGE AVE  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1962  [5] 
    mail carrier 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Died 29 Jun 1977  [2, 3, 8] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Article in "West Union Herald," Thursday, Dec 12 1946, in its entirety:

      INJURED SAILOR TO BE PUT IN HOSPITAL IN STATES SOON
      Mr. and Mrs. Pete Cumberledge of West Union have received a letter from their son Virgil Cumberledge, MMM 2c, USN, stating that he is a very happy and anxious son, as he has been promised that by Christmas he will be in a hospital in the United States.
      Seaman Cumberledge was injured while on a minesweeper on duty at Balkins Island (sic) during the Atom Bomb test period. He was removed from that Island hospital to Pearl Harbor hospital where he is at the present time. Few facts have been learned concerning his illness.
      He enlisted in October 1942, serving in the Pacific action. Later he reenlisted. His wife resides in Kearney, Nebraska.

      NOTE: "Balkins Island" was likely intended to be Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, where the United States conducted nuclear nesting from 1946 to 1953.
    Person ID I18191  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2015 

    Father Perry C. "Pete" CUMBERLEDGE,   b. 30 Dec 1889, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Lettie Jane SMITH,   b. 16 Aug 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1988, Volusia Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Family ID F21828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Betty Geraldine SHAFTO,   b. 25 Jan 1923, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1991, Alameda Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Family ID F41882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Adelene Mae JONES,   b. 15 Aug 1937, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 2009, Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [9, 10] 
    Married 5 Jun 1962  Winchester, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
    Family ID F6627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S691] West Union Herald, 12/12/1946.

    5. [S40] Virginia Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    8. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    9. [S1643] Obituary of wife's stepfather.

    10. [S1368] Obituary of wife's mother.