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© Whinery~Huddleston Funeral Service Lawton, Oklahoma May 29, 2014 Shirley Ann [Hurd] Cunningham Birth date: February 9, 1962 Death date: June 5, 2014 Shirley ("Shirl Ann") Cunningham, the second of four children, was born to Weldon Hurd, Sr and Dorothy Sue [Jones] Hurd in Lawton, Oklahoma on February 9, 1962. She died on June 5, 2014 in Memphis, TN at the age of 52. Graveside services are scheduled for 11:00 AM on Friday, June 13, 2014 at Highland Cemetery with Elder Delbert Allen, Church of the Living God PG&T, Chickasha, OK, officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Whinery-Huddleston Funeral Service. Shirley attended school in the Lawton Public School system before moving to Hawaii with her family where she continued most of her education. She learned the art of the Hula while in Hawaii. She returned to Lawton and graduated from Lawton High School in 1981. She worked in the St. James Baptist Church as a youth under the late Rev Perry Clay. Shirley moved to Memphis as a young adult and united with the Ellin Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Rev Charles Tuttan, Pastor. She love listening to gospel music and reading the Bible. She was a tremendous cook and invented many delicious dishes of her own. Everyone was welcome in her home to enjoy a meal at any time day or night. She was the neighborhood candy lady to all the children in the area of her home. Shirley was employed at the Holiday Fashions Clothing Store and Brothers Department Store in Memphis before her health failed. She married Jerry Cunningham, Sr (J.C.) in 1982 and two children were born to this union, Makiki and Jerry Cunningham, Jr. Two more children were born to Shirley later; Vincent III and Vanessa Duling. Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Weldon Hurd, Sr and Dorothy Sue Scott, her grandparents, nine Uncles and four Aunts. She leaves to cherish her memory four children; Makiki Cunningham, Memphis; Jerry Cunningham and wife Ashley, Ft. Hood, Texas; Vincent Duling III and Vanessa Duling, both of Memphis. Two brothers, Weldon Hurd, Sr. and wife Darlene of Tulsa and Joe Wayne Hurd and wife Patricia, Lawton; four Uncles, Lonnie Joe Jones, California; Thomas Earl Hurd and wife Charlotte, Kansas; Jimmy Hurd, Lawton; Claybron West and wife Carol, Oklahoma City; one Aunt, Janice Holmes and husband Ernie, Lawton. Fourteen grandchildren, Aniyah, Isaiah and Elijah Cunningham, Javion and Jayden Duling, and Janae Staples, all of Memphis; Jerriya, Jerricka, Andrianna, Jerry III, Aaliyah, Andreas, Aulani, and Alayna Cunningham, Texas. A host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Shirley's online guestbook may be signed and condolences sent by visiting: www.whineryhuddleston.com. |
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