Obit of Cann, Edna Cunningham Lanman (c500) - Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

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Edna Cunningham Lanman Cann

HELENA, Okla. - Edna Cunningham Lanman Cann, 89, formerly of Higgins, 

Texas, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1998.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church in Higgins 
with the Rev. Clifford Baze and the Rev. Robert Meller officiating. Burial 
will be in Higgins Cemetery by Lanman Funeral Home of Helena.

Mrs. Cann was born in Alva, Okla., where she graduated from high school. 
After her marriage to her first husband, Ray Lanman, she attended West 
Texas State College then received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern 
State College in Alva. She taught at schools in Texas, Kansas and 
Oklahoma.

She was a former member of the United Brethren Church and was a member of 
First Baptist Church in Higgins. She moved to Helena in 1997.

In 1940, she married Clark Cann and lived on a ranch near Higgins. He 
preceded her in death.

Survivors include three sons, Kenny Lanman of Helena, Larry Cann and Joe 
Cann; a daughter, Sue Decker; two brothers, Dick Cunningham of Alva and 
Jack Cunningham of West Fork, Ark.; a sister, Thelma Welch of Venice, 
Calif.; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-
grandchildren.

The casket will be open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. today at Lanman Funeral 
Home and then will be open from 10 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at First 
Baptist Church.

The family suggests memorials be to First Baptist Church in Higgins, 
Texas, through the funeral home.

Amarillo Globe  News 20 Nov 1998
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