Roger Mills Co. - Obit for Judson Cunningham

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Obit for Judson Cunningham

The Baptist church of Cheyenne was filled to capacity Saturday with friends and
relatives gathered to pay last respects to Judson Cunningham who had dwelt among 
them for more than three score and ten years.  Services were conduted by the pastor, 
Rev. Herman Ledford, assisted by Rev. J.L. Wilkerson of Erick, formerly of Cheyenne.

Judson Cunningham passed away Thursday February 11, 1965 after an illness of one day.  
He was born March 20, 1889.  He moved to Cheyenne in 1894 and has resided here since.  
In 1919 he was married to Sylvia Bice, who survives him.  Other immediate survivors are 
his two stepchildren, Gladys Pear (Mrs. Jimmie) Edwards of Borger, Texas and Allen Bice 
of California both of whom were present for the funeral services.  Other survivors are 
nephews and nieces.

Judson Cunningham was truly a pioneer.  He had been a member of the Baptist church 
for more than fifty years.  He had also been a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge for 
more than half a century.

Judson Cunningham had served Roger Mills County as a public official for forty years 
which is a sullogy to his efficiency and the respect people had for him.

He was laid to rest in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma 
after final services by the Odd Fellows,  Funeral arrangements were by Scroggins and 
Son.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK