Autie Carrol (A.C.) Cuppy, age 100, of Raymore, MO, peacefully left this world on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Foxwood Springs in Raymore, MO. A.C. was born on March 3. 1918 in Champaign, Illinois to Autie Arlie and Leanora (Purcell) Cuppy. Growing up, A.C. had one sister, Miriam.

He was a retired minister of the Disciples of Christ and served many different communities and brotherhoods around the world. He dedicated his life to serving others especially in peace and justice ministries.

As a young man, he followed his father in the automotive business working in Illinois, California, and Arizona and in diesel manufacturing working in Wisconsin as a diesel assembler for C-1 cargo vessels.

He attended Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma and earned a BA in Bible and Sociology. He also earned a BD in New Testament from Lexington Theological Seminary. He took advanced courses at the Universities of Indiana, Texas Christian, Butler, Vanderbilt, Peabody, Cornell, and Scarritt.

He met his wife Vera Grace (V.G.) Negley at Phillips and they were married on April 10, 1946. He was ordained into the ministry on September 7, 1947 in Hutchison, Kansas.  A.C. began his ministry working with migrants in Michigan. He was a missionary in the Belgian Congo for ten years where he built many chapels, missionary residences, supply centers and baptized over 3,000 converts.

After leaving the mission field, A.C. worked in the United Christian Missionary Society headquarters in Indianapolis,  was a minister in Globe, Arizona; Hutchison, Kansas; Associate Minister in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mission, Kansas; Interim Minister in Hutchison, Kansas and the Kansas City metro area; and Regional Minister for the Greater Louisville Area in Kentucky.

Upon retiring, A.C. was active in the Kansas City community serving on committees for Tall Oaks Conference Center, Harmony workshops in KCKS, Crosslines, KCKS Housing Council, Twenty Good Men Harvest America, Bethel Riverview Action Center, the Rosedale Sharing Community, Operation Brightside and the Cross Border Network for Justice and Solidarity. He worked with the Mennonite Disaster Service in five US states, started Kaw Valley Habitat for Humanity in Kansas City, Kansas and led or participated in work camps in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Haiti, and Mexico. In 1993, he received the Disciples Peace Fellowship Award. In 2001, he received the Living Witness award for peacemaking.

A.C. enjoyed flying remote control gliders and N gauge model railroading in his leisure time.

A.C. was preceded in death by his wife, parents, and sister. Those who survive him include: four sons, Dwight Cuppy (Martha) of Lee's Summit, MO, Peter Cuppy (Melody) of Independence, MO, James  Cuppy (Judy) of Lexington, KY, Philip Cuppy (Laurie) of Kansas City, KS, two grandchildren,  seven step grandchildren, and five step great grandchildren.

In keeping with his wishes, there is no funeral or memorial service.   A.C. donated his body to K. U. Medical Center for research. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City by electronic link at https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/HabitatforHumanityKansasCity/donate-1-1.html or by mail to Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City, 1423 East Linwood Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64109. (please add "in memory of A. C. Cuppy" in the memo line)

The family would like to extend their gratitude to the staff of Foxwood Springs and Kansas City Hospice for their loving care.