CUNNINGHAM, EMMA RHODA "EMMER" - Baxter County, Arkansas | EMMA RHODA "EMMER" CUNNINGHAM - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Emma Rhoda "Emmer" CUNNINGHAM

Galatia Cemetery
Baxter County,
Arkansas

Born September 22, 1868, Wayne County, Illinois.
Died October 20, 1920, Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Daughter of Alfred Marion Clark & Susan Catherine Burgess Clark.
Married Jeremiah "Jerry" Cunningham, September 13, 1888, Baxter County, Arkansas.

('Baxter County History and Families' quotes her name as Emmerrhoda.)

(No obituary has been located for Emma Rhoda 'Emmer' Cunningham. This obituary was constructed from information from genealogical research by Mary Lee Lackey Nelson and information in Roy Dale Cunningham's book 'The Cunningham Chronicles'.)
Emma Rhoda 'Emmer' Cunningham, 52, died at her home near Norfork on Wednesday, October 20, 1920. She was born to Alfred M. Clark and Susan Catherine Burgess Clark in Wayne County, Illinois, on September 22, 1868. She married Jeremiah 'Jerry' Cunningham in Baxter County, Arkansas, on September 13, 1888.
Mrs. Cunningham is survived by her husband of the home; two sons, Hervey Cunningham of O'neal, Arkansas, and Edward Cunningham of the home; six daughters, Molly Williams of Batesville, Edna Cercy of Burkburnett, Texas, Kate Cunningham of the home, Fay Cunningham of the home; her father, of Hopewell; five brothers, Logan Clark of Waldenburg, Arkansas, Frank Clark of Baxter County, Fred Clark of Baxter County, Lee Clark of Baxter County and George Clark of Oklahoma; and four sisters, Mary Lackey of Norfork, Clemon Davenport of Hopewell, Estella Clark of Hopewell and Myrtle Johnson of Kansas City, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her mother; one son, Jerry Cunningham; two daughters, Emma Aretta and an infant; two brothers, Tom Clark and William Clark; and two sisters, Ida Hager and Virginia Clark.
Funeral services were conducted at the Galatia Chruch with burial in the Galatia Cemetery.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)

Contributed on 12/24/09 by ashaw444
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Submitted: 12/24/09 • Approved: 9/21/12 • Last Updated: 9/24/12 • R272875-G272875-S3

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