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Carleton Ellis Cunningham

Birth	:	5 Jul 1916 Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County, Georgia, USA
Death	:	18 Apr 2011 Texas, USA
Burial	:	Lakeview Cemetery, Blackstone, Nottoway County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.0709100, -78.0114300
Plot	:	Block J lot E - 1
Description	:	She was the daughter of Carl (Buddy) and Shellie Ellis and sister of Rex Kinchen. Her father encouraged her music and told her to give it back to others to enjoy, something she spent a lifetime doing. After a year at Brewton-Parker College, she won a scholarship to Wesleyan Conservatory in Macon where she studied piano and earned a Bachelors of Music in 1936. After graduating, she taught piano in public schools in Adel and Greensboro. During World War II, she and her two best friends Adabeth Jarman and Georgia Blalock hopped a train from South Georgia to... Read More	She was the daughter of Carl (Buddy) and Shellie Ellis and sister of Rex Kinchen. Her father encouraged her music and told her to give it back to others to enjoy, something she spent a lifetime doing. After a year at Brewton-Parker College, she won a scholarship to Wesleyan Conservatory in Macon where she studied piano and earned a Bachelors of Music in 1936. After graduating, she taught piano in public schools in Adel and Greensboro. During World War II, she and her two best friends Adabeth Jarman and Georgia Blalock hopped a train from South Georgia to New York City, where she landed a job as the recreation director for the employees of Macy's Department Store in New York City, as a counselor at Macy's summer camp for its employees in the Catskills and to study at Juillard. Near the end of the war, she joined the Red Cross and played the piano in the psychiatric wards of a Tennessee Veterans Hospital On a trip home to Georgia, Walker Newton Cunningham, a tobacconist from Pamplin, VA., who was working on the market in Hazlehurst came to call on Carleton. The story goes, she played Lizst's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" for him and that was all it took. They married six months later on Jan. 4, 1946, and moved to Blackstone, VA. She is survived by her son, Walker Cunningham; daughter, Joy Cunningham; granddaughters, Julia Kate and Emi Cunningham Paulig; neice, Billie Croft; great-nieces, Julie Kinchen Fowler, Bitsy Kinchen. A memorial service will be held at Blackstone Presbyterian Church in Blackstone, VA and she will be laid to rest nest to her husband.

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Where is Carleton Ellis Cunningham's memorial?
Carleton Ellis Cunningham's memorial is located at: Lakeview Cemetery, Blackstone, Nottoway County, USA.
When did Carleton Ellis Cunningham death?
Carleton Ellis Cunningham death on 18 Apr 2011 in Texas, USA
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Latitude: 37.0709100
Longitude: -78.0114300

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Walker Newton Cunningham

(1913 - 2000)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Lakeview Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.0709100, -78.0114300

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Coordinate: 37.0695200, -77.9912600

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Coordinate: 37.1125270, -78.0352920

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11. Byrdie Family Cemetery
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13. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.1284400, -78.0653660

14. New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.0768310, -78.1012340

15. New Poplar Mount Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.1299910, -78.0666000

16. Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.0757300, -77.9089500

17. Jonesboro Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.9893160, -77.9869480

18. Jones Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.9899390, -77.9837570

19. Jonesboro Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.9892450, -77.9870990

20. Patterson Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.1465500, -77.9585200

21. Blendon Cemetery
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Coordinate: 37.1411018, -78.0802994

22. Brydie Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.9817120, -78.0072640

23. Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 36.9979300, -78.0811110

24. The Poplars
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