Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - King W. Cumming
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CUMMING, KING W. - Services were held for Mr. Cumming of Winnsboro, at the
family residence. Rev. S.M. Dunnam, pastor of Winnsboro Methodist church,
officiated and was assisted by Rev. Clark Russell, pastor of the Sulphur
Springs Methodist church, and Rev. G.A. Lehnhoff, presiding elder of the
Sulphur Springs district. Services were opened with a funeral dirge, violin
solo, by George Martin, who also gave violin accompaniment for the songs.
Deceased passed away late Saturday from injuries received Thursday in an auto
accident at Winnsboro, in which Dr. Dickey and Mr. Southerland lost their
lives and two others were injured. King Wesley Cumming was born in Sulphur
Springs, June 5, 1888, son of Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Cumming. He received his early
education in the local schools, and later entered into his chosen work as a
druggist. His early training as a druggist was received with his father, the
late Jno. B. Cumming, and Jno. W. Foscue, partners at that time, in the
Foscue-Cumming drug store. On April 30, 1922, he married Miss Kate Denney of
Winnsboro and moved to Winnsboro where he continued in his profession. He
joined the Sulphur Springs Methodist church when ten years of age, while Rev.
Abe Mulkey was pastor. Surviving are his wife, one son, Denney, ten years old,
and one daughter, Sara Lee, four years old; his mother, Mrs. J. B. Cumming of
Sulphur Springs, and three sisters, Misses Laura and Virginia Cumming of
Sulphur Springs, and Mrs. G.E. Dufton of Corpus Christi. (Paper, Mon., May 18,
1936)