Bill Russell FULP

1922 - 2000  (77 years)

• Name	Bill Russell FULP
  Born	14 Aug 1922	Forsyth Co., North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Aug 2000	Hospice Hospital, Winston-Salem NC
  	Cause: Cancer: Lung
  Buried	12 Aug 2000	Lexington, NC
  Person ID	I974	TAP | George/Michael Branch, George Fulp's Full Tree
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Samuel Otto FULP,   b. 16 Sep 1890, Rockingham Co NC ,   d. 06 Nov 1978, Forsyth Co., North Carolina, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Veola Agnes TURNER,   b. 10 Jan 1888, Rockingham Co NC ,   d. 24 Sep 1950, At home, Forsyth Co NC  (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	15 Apr 1914	Rockingham Co, NC   [2]
  Family ID	F482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charlotte Josephine LEONARD,   b. 09 Feb 1925, Lexington NC  (Age 99 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1954	Lexington NC
  Children	1. Dr. Sam Russell FULP, MD,   b. 24 Feb 1957, Lexington NC  (Age 67 years)   2. Ann Leonard FULP,   b. 30 Jan 1961, Lexington NC  (Age 63 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  SOI: Personal Knowledge, Navy Records and Obituary Bill died at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House in Winston-Salem NC after approximately 9 months illness. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lexington, also a member of the VFW Post 3074, a former Civitan and member of the Fellowship Class at First Baptist Church. Bill graduated from Walkertown High School and East Carolina University. He was an accountant and owned his own accounting firm in Lexington for many years. He served in the USN during WWII as a torpedoman on a PT Boat (Ron 21, PT-324). Bill attended the US Navy's Advanced Torpedo School at the US Naval Torpedo Station in Keyporat, Washington specializing in Mark 8, 13, 14 and 15 Torpedoes and completing the courses on December 27, 1943. From here, he went on to Melville, RI where he completed his training in Motor Torpedo Boat combat duty on April 14, 1944. After a tour of combat duty in the South Pacific, He received his Honorable Discharge from the USN on February 15, 1946. From PT Boat archives: About Bill's squadron RON21 MTB RON 21 Commissioned: 8,April 1943 - LCDR Selman S. Bowling Decommissioned: 10,November 1945 - LT Harry R. Hunt USNR PT Boats: Elco 80' PT's 128,131,132,320-31 Assigned To: Southwest Pacific Postscript: The squadron saw action in the New Guinea, Admiralties and Philippine waters. Squadron 21 was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for action in the New Guinea area from Oct 1943 to March 1944.

  
  

• Sources

  [S147] Wallace Turner Fulp: Birth Certificate, Roll 20, pg 4744; Vol 3, pg 2099, file-id 156745. Birth Certificate of Bill Russell Fulp [S122] Samuel & Veola Turner: marriage license, from Rockingham Co, NC Office of Reg of Deeds at Wentworth, NC. Book 4, Page 1720