Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  LOUIS HENRY "SONNY" CUNNINGHAM

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LOUIS HENRY "SONNY" CUNNINGHAM

Louis Henry "Sonny" Cunningham, 63, a life-long resident of Pawhuska, 
Oklahoma, passed away at his home December 3, 2000.

Rosary will be recited at the Cunningham family home in Indian Camp, 
Pawhuska, at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 5, and Traditional Indian 
services will be held at 8:00 a.m., Wednesday, with Mongrain Lookout 
officiating.

Sonny was born in Pawhuska on April 5, 1937, the son of Henry and Lillie 
(Bighorse) Cunningham. 

He attended Pawhuska schools, was a member of the Osage Tribe of Indians, 
a life-long member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and was 
employed as the CHR Director at the Osage Indian Agency for over twenty 
years.

Sonny served as a thirty year member of the Five Man Board at the Pawhuska 
Indian Village, was a member of the Pawhuska War Dance Committee, former 
Drum Keeper and Advisor to the War Dance Committee. He believed in the 
Indian Tradition and kept his home open to many families through the years.

Survivors include a brother, Fred Cunningham of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; 
three sisters, Catherine Wilson and Marion Cass, both of Pawhuska, Addie 
Walker of Bartlesville and a host of nieces, nephews and other family and 
friends.

In addition to his parents, Sonny was predeceased by two brothers, Alvin 
"Jack" Cunningham and Milton Cunningham; and two sisters, Tennessee 
Cunningham and Mae Worthington.

Sonny will lie in state at the Cunningham family home in Indian Camp until 
service time, 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 6, at the Immaculate 
Conception Catholic Church in Pawhuska with Father Leonard Higgisn 
officiating. Interment will follow in the Pawhuska City Cemetery.

Johnson Funeral Directors, Pawhuska, are in charge of arrangements.