TRAPNELL, Edward Raleigh Colston^[1]

1910 - 1992  (81 years)

• Name	TRAPNELL, Edward Raleigh Colston  [2]
  Birth	27 Oct 1910	Romney, WV   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Ned
  Education	Attended Virginia Military Institute, Class of 1932  [4]
  Education	1932	Virginia Military Institute   [3, 5]
  Obituary	From Washington Post, 20 Aug 1992 E.R. TRAPNELL, SCIENCE GROUP OFFICIAL, DIES Edward Raleigh Trapnell, 81, a retired public affairs specialist with the National Science Foundation who also had worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Commission, died of liver failure Aug. 18 at his home in Arlington. Mr. Trapnell was born in Romney, W.Va. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute. During World War II, he served in the Army and was stationed in Washington and Europe. After the war, he returned here and worked in the information field for the Farm Security Administration, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the AEC. From 1957 to 1959, he was in Vienna, Austria, on the staff of the IAEC. In 1961, after a period in private business, Mr. Trapnell became a special assistant to the secretary of the Air Force. From 1963 to 1967, he worked for Parsons Engineering Co. He then joined the National Science Foundation, where he retired in 1974. In the early 1970s, Mr. Trapnell helped found General Technology Applications, an engineering development company in Manassas, and served on its board of directors until 1990. He also co-authored a history of the AEC. Mr. Trapnell was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Alexandria, the National Press Club, the American Nuclear Society and the VMI Foundation. His first wife, May Cocke Trapnell, died in 1979. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Hoover Trapnell of Arlington and Nantucket, Mass.; three children from his first marriage, Catherine T. Wheeler of Arlington, Elizabeth T. Rawlings of Iowa City; and Susan T. Moritz of Seattle; three stepchildren, Steven Rowles of Monson, Mass., Andrew Rowles of Thetford Center, Vt., and Benjamin Rowles of Nanatucket; and nine grandchildren.  [6]
  Occupation	A public affairs specialist with the National Science Foundation who also had worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Commission  [7]
  Religion	Episcopalian  [8]
  Cause of Death	Liver Failure  [9]
  Death	18 Aug 1992	Arlington, VA, USA   [2, 6, 10]
  Burial	Grace Episcopal Cemetery, Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna, VA, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1113	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	TRAPNELL, William,   b. 22 May 1877, Charles Town, WV d. 29 Nov 1935 (Age 58 years)
  Mother	COLSTON, Elizabeth Marshall,   b. 6 Nov 1872, Hedgesville, WV d. 28 Feb 1950 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1902	Martinsburg, WV   [1]
  Photos		Ned & Colston Trapnell, circa 1911
  		Ned, William, and Holmes Trapnell circa 1912
  Albums		Trapnell Family (265) Descendants of Joseph Trapnell (1775-1870) and related lines
  Family ID	F272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	COCKE, May Richards,   b. 7 Feb 1914, Columbus, MS d. 16 Apr 1979, Alexandria, VA, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1937	St. George's Episcopal Church, Clarksdale, MS   [1]
  		May Richards Cocke - Edward Raleigh Trapnell Wedding Invitation 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Cary Hartwell Cocke request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter May Richards to Mr. Edward Raleigh Trapnell on Friday, the first of January nineteen hundred and thirty-seven at half after four o'clock St. George's Episcopal Church Clarkdsdale, Mississippi At Home after January the fifteenth 41 North Bellevue, Apartment 24 Memphis, Tennessee
  Children	1. TRAPNELL, Catherine Cocke   2. TRAPNELL, Elizabeth Colston   3. TRAPNELL, Susan Baird
  Documents		May Richards Cocke - Edward Raleigh Trapnell Wedding Invitation 1937 Mr. and Mrs. Cary Hartwell Cocke request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter May Richards to Mr. Edward Raleigh Trapnell on Friday, the first of January nineteen hundred and thirty-seven at half after four o'clock St. George's Episcopal Church Clarkdsdale, Mississippi At Home after January the fifteenth 41 North Bellevue, Apartment 24 Memphis, Tennessee
  Family ID	F464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 2	HOOVER, Margaret
  Family ID	F3623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Oct 1910 - Romney, WV Education - 1932 - Virginia Military Institute Marriage - 1 Jan 1937 - St. George's Episcopal Church, Clarksdale, MS Death - 18 Aug 1992 - Arlington, VA, USA Burial - - Grace Episcopal Cemetery, Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna, VA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Ned & Colston Trapnell, circa 1911
  		Edward (Ned) Trapnell abt 1912

  
  

• Sources

  [S72] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, Joseph Trapnell Descendants, (1964). [S591] Find A Grave, Edward Raleigh Colston Trapnell, Edward Raleigh Colston Trapnell-Son of Elizabeth Colston and William Trapnell-Born Romney, W. Va., October 27, 1910-Died Arlington, Va., Aug. 18, 1992 . [S1019] E.R. TRAPNELL, SCIENCE GROUP OFFICIAL, DIES, Mr. Trapnell was born in Romney, W.Va. He graduated from Virginia Military Institute. During World War II, he served in the Army and was stationed in Washington and Europe. [S592] Virginia Military Institute, Historical Rosters Database. [S190] Register of Former Cadets, Virginia Military Institute, (1939, Roanoke VA, Roanoke Printing Co), Trapnell, Edward Raleigh; Weston, W Va.; 4 yrs., Grad. 6 in 23; B. S. in E. E.; care Press-Scimitar, Memphis, Tenn, p. 240, Col 2. [S1019] E.R. TRAPNELL, SCIENCE GROUP OFFICIAL, DIES. [S1019] E.R. TRAPNELL, SCIENCE GROUP OFFICIAL, DIES, public affairs specialist with the National Science Foundation who also had worked for the Atomic Energy Commission and the International Atomic Energy Commission. [S1019] E.R. TRAPNELL, SCIENCE GROUP OFFICIAL, DIES, Mr. Trapnell was a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Alexandria. [S1019] E.R. TRAPNELL, SCIENCE GROUP OFFICIAL, DIES, died of liver failure Aug. 18 at his home in Arlington. [S185] Frederica Holmes Trapnell, Joseph Trapnell Descendants -- 1992 Update, (1992).