George Steptoe Washington Cumpston was the son of William Hudson Cumpston by his wife Elizabeth Alexander Washington daughter of George Steptoe Washington by his wife May Tome Alexander, & Great-Grandson of Richard Scott Blackburn Washington & Christian Maria (Washington) Washington.
Carteret County News-Times, The (Morehead City, NC) - September 7, 2011
Deceased Name: George Cumpston , 93; service Thursday
George Steptoe Washington Cumpston of Swansboro passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, shortly after 11 p.m. at Carteret General Hospital.
His service is at 11 a.m. Thursday at St Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Swansboro with the Rev. Albert E. Eaton officiating. Interment is at 11 a.m. Sept. 17 at Zion Episcopal Church, 301 E. Congress St., Charles Town, W.Va .
He had a great and adventurous life that began when he was born 93 years ago in Riverton, N.J., on July 25, 1918. He was the only son of the Rev. William H. Cumpston who emigrated from Leeds, England, and his mother, Elizabeth A. Washington Cumpston, who was a descendant of George Washington's brother Samuel. His only sister, May A. Dudley, predeceased him last year. George graduated in 1936 from St. Andrew's School in Middleton, Del., and began a career in sales. He then served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he continued his career in sales for Sharon Steel Corp. Later, he continued his education and graduated in 1952 from the American Institute of Foreign Trade, now known as Thunderbird School of Global Management, in Glendale, Ariz. This prominent international business school is where he met his wife, Eileen Marie Bagnall, and was married June 7, 1952, at Christ Episcopal Church in Riverton, N.J. Besides sailing, camping, gardening and archeology, George loved to travel and in 1952 became an export salesman for American Machine and Foundry Co., covering Latin America and the West Indies. A couple of years later, Armco Steel Corp. recruited him as the overseas sales representative to the mining industry and was primarily assigned to Lima, Peru, with a year in Santiago, Chile, where he traveled throughout South America from 1954 to 1964. In 1964, he formed a partnership and took on the role as manufacturer's representative. After a military coup in Peru at the end of 1968, Kenworth Dart Truck Co. moved his family to their headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., where he became the Latin America area manager. With all of his knowledge and contacts he made in the mining industry, he later became a professional management recruiter in Phoenix, Ariz., and San Diego, Calif., until he retired and settled in Swansboro in 1987. Here he has been a faithful member of St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church for more than 20 years. He was a member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) since 1956 and a lifelong member of the Philadelphia Society of the Sons of the Revolution. His stately presence and congenial personality will be missed by all who knew him.
Donations in his memory may be made to his church, St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 337, Swansboro, N.C. 28584.
Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. of Morehead City. Access online obituary and Internet condolences at www.brooksfuneralhomeandcrematory.com .
Carteret County News-Times, The (Morehead City, NC) - September 7, 2011
Deceased Name: George Cumpston , 93; service Thursday
George Steptoe Washington Cumpston of Swansboro passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, shortly after 11 p.m. at Carteret General Hospital.
His service is at 11 a.m. Thursday at St Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Swansboro with the Rev. Albert E. Eaton officiating. Interment is at 11 a.m. Sept. 17 at Zion Episcopal Church, 301 E. Congress St., Charles Town, W.Va .
He had a great and adventurous life that began when he was born 93 years ago in Riverton, N.J., on July 25, 1918. He was the only son of the Rev. William H. Cumpston who emigrated from Leeds, England, and his mother, Elizabeth A. Washington Cumpston, who was a descendant of George Washington's brother Samuel. His only sister, May A. Dudley, predeceased him last year. George graduated in 1936 from St. Andrew's School in Middleton, Del., and began a career in sales. He then served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he continued his career in sales for Sharon Steel Corp. Later, he continued his education and graduated in 1952 from the American Institute of Foreign Trade, now known as Thunderbird School of Global Management, in Glendale, Ariz. This prominent international business school is where he met his wife, Eileen Marie Bagnall, and was married June 7, 1952, at Christ Episcopal Church in Riverton, N.J. Besides sailing, camping, gardening and archeology, George loved to travel and in 1952 became an export salesman for American Machine and Foundry Co., covering Latin America and the West Indies. A couple of years later, Armco Steel Corp. recruited him as the overseas sales representative to the mining industry and was primarily assigned to Lima, Peru, with a year in Santiago, Chile, where he traveled throughout South America from 1954 to 1964. In 1964, he formed a partnership and took on the role as manufacturer's representative. After a military coup in Peru at the end of 1968, Kenworth Dart Truck Co. moved his family to their headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., where he became the Latin America area manager. With all of his knowledge and contacts he made in the mining industry, he later became a professional management recruiter in Phoenix, Ariz., and San Diego, Calif., until he retired and settled in Swansboro in 1987. Here he has been a faithful member of St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church for more than 20 years. He was a member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) since 1956 and a lifelong member of the Philadelphia Society of the Sons of the Revolution. His stately presence and congenial personality will be missed by all who knew him.
Donations in his memory may be made to his church, St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 337, Swansboro, N.C. 28584.
Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. of Morehead City. Access online obituary and Internet condolences at www.brooksfuneralhomeandcrematory.com .
George Steptoe Washington Cumpston was the son of William Hudson Cumpston by his wife Elizabeth Alexander Washington daughter of George Steptoe Washington by his wife May Tome Alexander, & Great-Grandson of Richard Scott Blackburn Washington & Christian Maria (Washington) Washington.
Carteret County News-Times, The (Morehead City, NC) - September 7, 2011
Deceased Name: George Cumpston , 93; service Thursday
George Steptoe Washington Cumpston of Swansboro passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, shortly after 11 p.m. at Carteret General Hospital.
His service is at 11 a.m. Thursday at St Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Swansboro with the Rev. Albert E. Eaton officiating. Interment is at 11 a.m. Sept. 17 at Zion Episcopal Church, 301 E. Congress St., Charles Town, W.Va .
He had a great and adventurous life that began when he was born 93 years ago in Riverton, N.J., on July 25, 1918. He was the only son of the Rev. William H. Cumpston who emigrated from Leeds, England, and his mother, Elizabeth A. Washington Cumpston, who was a descendant of George Washington's brother Samuel. His only sister, May A. Dudley, predeceased him last year. George graduated in 1936 from St. Andrew's School in Middleton, Del., and began a career in sales. He then served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he continued his career in sales for Sharon Steel Corp. Later, he continued his education and graduated in 1952 from the American Institute of Foreign Trade, now known as Thunderbird School of Global Management, in Glendale, Ariz. This prominent international business school is where he met his wife, Eileen Marie Bagnall, and was married June 7, 1952, at Christ Episcopal Church in Riverton, N.J. Besides sailing, camping, gardening and archeology, George loved to travel and in 1952 became an export salesman for American Machine and Foundry Co., covering Latin America and the West Indies. A couple of years later, Armco Steel Corp. recruited him as the overseas sales representative to the mining industry and was primarily assigned to Lima, Peru, with a year in Santiago, Chile, where he traveled throughout South America from 1954 to 1964. In 1964, he formed a partnership and took on the role as manufacturer's representative. After a military coup in Peru at the end of 1968, Kenworth Dart Truck Co. moved his family to their headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., where he became the Latin America area manager. With all of his knowledge and contacts he made in the mining industry, he later became a professional management recruiter in Phoenix, Ariz., and San Diego, Calif., until he retired and settled in Swansboro in 1987. Here he has been a faithful member of St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church for more than 20 years. He was a member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) since 1956 and a lifelong member of the Philadelphia Society of the Sons of the Revolution. His stately presence and congenial personality will be missed by all who knew him.
Donations in his memory may be made to his church, St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 337, Swansboro, N.C. 28584.
Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. of Morehead City. Access online obituary and Internet condolences at www.brooksfuneralhomeandcrematory.com .
Carteret County News-Times, The (Morehead City, NC) - September 7, 2011
Deceased Name: George Cumpston , 93; service Thursday
George Steptoe Washington Cumpston of Swansboro passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011, shortly after 11 p.m. at Carteret General Hospital.
His service is at 11 a.m. Thursday at St Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Swansboro with the Rev. Albert E. Eaton officiating. Interment is at 11 a.m. Sept. 17 at Zion Episcopal Church, 301 E. Congress St., Charles Town, W.Va .
He had a great and adventurous life that began when he was born 93 years ago in Riverton, N.J., on July 25, 1918. He was the only son of the Rev. William H. Cumpston who emigrated from Leeds, England, and his mother, Elizabeth A. Washington Cumpston, who was a descendant of George Washington's brother Samuel. His only sister, May A. Dudley, predeceased him last year. George graduated in 1936 from St. Andrew's School in Middleton, Del., and began a career in sales. He then served in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he continued his career in sales for Sharon Steel Corp. Later, he continued his education and graduated in 1952 from the American Institute of Foreign Trade, now known as Thunderbird School of Global Management, in Glendale, Ariz. This prominent international business school is where he met his wife, Eileen Marie Bagnall, and was married June 7, 1952, at Christ Episcopal Church in Riverton, N.J. Besides sailing, camping, gardening and archeology, George loved to travel and in 1952 became an export salesman for American Machine and Foundry Co., covering Latin America and the West Indies. A couple of years later, Armco Steel Corp. recruited him as the overseas sales representative to the mining industry and was primarily assigned to Lima, Peru, with a year in Santiago, Chile, where he traveled throughout South America from 1954 to 1964. In 1964, he formed a partnership and took on the role as manufacturer's representative. After a military coup in Peru at the end of 1968, Kenworth Dart Truck Co. moved his family to their headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., where he became the Latin America area manager. With all of his knowledge and contacts he made in the mining industry, he later became a professional management recruiter in Phoenix, Ariz., and San Diego, Calif., until he retired and settled in Swansboro in 1987. Here he has been a faithful member of St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church for more than 20 years. He was a member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) since 1956 and a lifelong member of the Philadelphia Society of the Sons of the Revolution. His stately presence and congenial personality will be missed by all who knew him.
Donations in his memory may be made to his church, St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 337, Swansboro, N.C. 28584.
Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. of Morehead City. Access online obituary and Internet condolences at www.brooksfuneralhomeandcrematory.com .
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