CUNNINGHAM – Mrs. Lillie A. Cunningham, 67, of Piper, Kas., died yesterday at Bethany hospital. She had been a resident of Wyandotte County fifty-nine years and for the last forty-five years had lived in the same house. She was a member of Royal Neighbors. She leaves seven sons, Earl R. Cunningham, 302 North Twenty-second street, Kansas City, Kansas; Orville J. Cunningham, Paris, France; Forrest B. Cunningham, Richard M. Cunningham, and Dewey V. Cunningham, all of Piper; Charles Cunningham, 3539 Georgia avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, and Carl Cunningham, 3023 North Thirty-first street, Kansas City, Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Belle French, Rossville, Kas., and Mrs. Katherine Berry, Portland, Ore.; one brother, James Blankenship, Bonner Springs, Kas., and twelve grandchildren.

Published in The Kansas City Times (KCMO) Friday, Sept. 27, 1935 pg. 8
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Daughter of Amocamus Mackness Blankenship and Nancy Jane (Johnson) Coleman Blankenship.

In about 1873, Lillie's family moved from McHargue, Laurel Co, Kentucky to Prairie, Wyandotte Co, Kansas.

Her siblings were:
Robert Anderson Blankenship (1869–1907)
Leota Belle Blankenship French (1871–1951)
Katherine Julia Blankenship Berry (1872–1959)
Lucy Alice Blankenship Davis Collins (1874–1933)
James George Blankenship (1877–1951)

Half siblings:
Columbus Reed Coleman (1859–1925)
Melissa Jane Coleman Miller (1861–1915 )

In 1886 she married James Stephens Cunningham. James died in 1930.

Their children were:
Richard Mack Cunningham (1887–1965)
Lucy J Cunningham (1889–1933)
Earl Read Cunningham (1892–1963)
Orville James Cunningham (1893–1943)
Forrest Bain Cunningham Sr (1895–1964)
Dewey Virgil Cunningham (1898–1965)
Charles Cunningham (1900-1982)
Carl Cunningham (1902–1988)

Additional info provided by contributor, Jonann Ford #48213914

James Stephens Cunningham - Spouse
1861–1930
BIRTH 18 NOVEMBER 1861 • Smithville, Platte Township, Clay County, Missouri, United States
DEATH 10 MARCH 1930 • Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States

Marriage Date:
28 December 1886 • Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States

MEMORIAL ID 95487457
Charles 'Charlie' Cunningham - Son (1900–1982)
BIRTH: 29 APRIL 1900 • Piper, Prairie Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States
DEATH: 23 FEBRUARY 1982 • Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Kansas, United States

MEMORIAL ID 95487278
Carl Cunningham - SON (1902–1988)
BIRTH: 4 MARCH 1902 • Piper, Prairie Township, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States
DEATH: 15 SEPTEMBER 1988 • Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States