Charles Elmer ZOPP
- Born: 14 Feb 1927, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV 1844
- Marriage: Audrey Raine CARR
- Died: 1 Jul 1953, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 26 1844
- Buried: 5 Jul 1953, End Of The Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 1844
Cause of his death was run over by train - head severed from the body.
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, 2 July 1953
Train Kills Man In Greenbrier
RUPERT, July 2 ? (Special) ? Charles Delmer, Zopp, Jr., 26, of Rupert, Greenbrier County, was killed last night by a train on the Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier Bailroad, a mortuary attendant at Wallace and Wallace in East Rainelle reported.
He was a coal miner and veteran of World War II.
Surviving are his wife Audrey; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Zopp of Rupert; nine sisters, Mrs. Louise Kayser of Charleston; Mrs. Ruth Coalane of Augusta, Ga.; Mrs. Loetta Longbeam of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Edith Robinson of Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs. Lorene McClung of Rupert; Mrs. Arlene Zopp, Eleanor, Velma, and Shirley, all of Rupert and three brothers, Colbert of St. Albans; Albert of Marfrance, and Hayward of Rupert.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Amwell Baptist Church with Rev. Joe E. Brown and Rev. Joe E. Smith officiating.
Burial, directed by Wallace and Wallace mortuary of East Rainelle, will be in the End of the Trail Cemetery near Cllntonville.
The body will be taken to the home of his father-in-law, Dillon Carr at 5 p.m. Saturday.
The Charleston Daily Mail, 2 July 1953
Train Kills Rupert Man
Special To The Daily Mail
RUPERT ? The Decapitated body of a Greenbrier county miner was found yesterday on the railroad track about 250 feet west of the U.S. Rt. 60 crossing here.
He was Charles Delmer Zopp, Jr., 26, who left a Rupert tavern Tuesday before 9 p.m. The miner apparently went to sleep on the track. Sometime between 9 and 9:30 p.m. a Nicholas, Fayette and Greenbrier railway train passed over the track.
Zopp's body was discovered after daylight when a motorist started over the Rt. 60 crossing.
Charles married Audrey Raine CARR. (Audrey Raine CARR was born on 17 Oct 1928 in Greenbrier Co., WV,55 died on 28 Aug 1991 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV 55 and was buried in End Of The Trail Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 64.)
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