Person:Obbie Cunningham (1)

According to Jody Dillard:

Obbie Thomas Cunningham 1908-1873

OBITUARY: Abilene newspaper 1973

ALBANY -- Funeral for Obbie Thomas Cunningham, 65, of Albany, who died Thursday from injuries he received when the bulldozer he was operating near Haskell caught fire, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First Baptist Church here.

The Rev. Dewy Lamb, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Albany Cemetery directed by Godfrey Funeral Home.

Justice of the Peace Hubert Bledsoe ruled the death due to smoke inhalation. Cunningham was clearing land about 14 miles south of Haskell.

Born June 26, 1908 in Aquilla, he had been a resident of Albany 60 years. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church, member of the Albany Masonic Lodge and a veteran of World War II. He married Marie Dillard in Lueders Jan. 13, 1944.

Survivors are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. Zelma Loter of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Alice Scott of Crane and Mrs. Margret Ashley of Anna; a son, Obbie of the home; his mother, Mrs. C.T. Cunningham of Albany; four sisters, Mrs. R. T. Chambers of Lawn, Mrs. C. V. McAfee of Albany, Mrs .Hal Hughes of San Antonio and Mrs. Denver Dillard, address unknown, a brother, J.J. of Amarillo; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.

The seniors of the Albany Lion football team will be pallbearers with the remainder of the team as honorary pallbearers.

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