CUNNINGHAM, James Davidson
1847 - 1917 (70 years)-
Name CUNNINGHAM, James Davidson Birth 16 Jan 1847 Marion County, Tennessee [1] Gender Male Death 13 Feb 1917 Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States [1] Person ID I209 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 24 Jun 2007
Family MOORE, Mary Josephine, b. 26 Aug 1856, DeKalb County, Alabama d. 27 Nov 1945, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States (Age 89 years) Marriage Abt 1881 [2] Residence 13 Jun 1900 Ball Play, Cherokee, Alabama [3] Farmer Residence 19 Apr 1910 Justice Precinct No. 5, Hill County, Texas [4] Farmer Children 1. CUNNINGHAM, Edna Alma, b. 24 Aug 1889, Alabama, United States d. 12 Sep 1979, Malakoff, Henderson, Texas, United States (Age 90 years) 2. CUNNINGHAM, Leona Belle, b. Mar 1892, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown 3. CUNNINGHAM, Hilary Herbert Sr., b. Sep 1893, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown 4. CUNNINGHAM, Roy Edwin, b. Nov 1896, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown 5. CUNNINGHAM, Willard Linton, b. Mar 1898, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown 6. CUNNINGHAM, Lutie Delma, b. Abt 1901, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F74 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
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Photos Cunningham Family of Malakoff, Texas
Standing left to right: Leona Belle, Roy Edwin, Willard Linton, Lutie Delma, Hilary Herbert, and Edna.
Seated: James Davidson Cunningham and Mary Josephine Moore Cunningham
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Notes - The Cunningham family
In memory of Hilary Herbert "Herb" Cunningham, Jr. 12/2/1934 - 1/15/2006. Herb was a friend and contributor to Looking Back. We shared many memories of Malakoff together. I mourn his passing.
The Cunningham family moved to Malakoff in 1905. Family members were:
James Davidson Cunningham - father of the family.
Mary Josephine "Molly" (Moore) Cunningham - mother of the family.
Leona Belle (Cunningham) - worked for the post office in Malakoff. Married Lee Roy Anderson. They had one son, Roy Drennon Anderson. She lived to be 100 years old.
Roy Edwin Cunningham - worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad as a fireman on freight trains and a conductor on passenger trains. He served in the US Navy during WWII.
Roy married Lucille Lena Hoffman. They lived in Tyler for the remainder of their lives. He was extremely active in the Masonic Lodge and she in the Eastern Star.
Willard Linton Cunningham - worked the Cunningham family farm until WWII when he enlisted in the Seabees and served in the South Pacific. After WWII, he returned to civilian life and served as the foreman for the carpenters working maintenance at Ft. Chaffee located near Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He served as choir director at the First Methodist Church of Ft. Smith for most of the remainder of his life.
Lutie Delma (Cunningham) Anderson - cared for her mother and worked at Kirby's store in Malakoff until after her mother's death. She then moved to Tyler. Lutie married Reverend Willard Moultry Anderson, a Methodist minister, who died at an early age. They had two children, Willard Moultry Anderson, Jr., and Charles Sylvester Anderson, who both graduated from Malakoff High School.
Hilary Herbert Cunningham, Sr. - was on the first Malakoff High School basketball team. He worked at Kirby's store until he met and married Bettie Byars (Stallcup) Cunningham. He lived and farmed the remainder of his life in the North Texas area. He was an active lay leader in the Methodist Church and a civic leader serving on two school boards. They had one child, Hilary Herbert Cunningham, Jr.
Edna (Cunningham) Broyles - worked for the Malakoff telephone company for 55 years. She and Roby I. Broyles eloped. Roby Broyles died a few years later when a tree that he was chopping down fell on him. They had one daughter, Vanice (Broyles) Oster/James. Vanice graduated from Malakoff High School, and she then went to work on the staff of Senator W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel. Edna Broyles is remembered by a great many because of her extended service as the telephone operator in Malakoff.
- The Cunningham family
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