Services for Frances W. Cummings, 92, will be 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 31, 2007, at Asbury United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Visitation will be today, at Resthaven Funeral Home from 3 to 5 p.m. Frances passed away Dec. 24, in Evanston, Ill.
She was born to John Earl and Ethel (McCandless) Walter on Oct. 27, 1915, in Lacey, Okla. She moved to Lubbock with her parents and five brothers and sisters in 1932. After graduating from Lubbock High School, she attended Texas Tech University and graduated with a B.A. At Tech she met and later married Bonner Cummings. They were married 35 years before his death in 1975. She devoted her life to raising three children and establishing a Christian home.
Frances was an active member of Asbury United Methodist Church where she held numerous offices in United Methodist Women, sang in the choir, and was a willing volunteer where needed. She was a member of the Pierian Sorosis Study Club.
Travels took her to such distant places as Israel, China, and Europe. She participated in a number of bus tours with her Sunday school class. Her favorite destinations were to visit family members.
Besides travel, Frances loved to garden and to read, a passion she maintained throughout her life. Over the years she enjoyed numerous creative pursuits: sewing, handiwork, and ceramics. She also enjoyed the game of bridge as well as other games, and was a dedicated Red Raider fan.
Surviving family members are children, Ethelyn Bond (George), of Evanston, Ill., Bob Cummings (Donna), of Lebanon, Penn., Jane Ann Dixon (Dan), of Arlington, Va.; grandchildren, Kevin Bond (Juliet), of Evanston, Ill., Laura O'Neill (Brian), of Germantown, Md., Elizabeth Mendez (Chris), of Denver, Colo., Adam Cummings (Valerie), of Pittsburgh, Penn., Jon Dixon of Arlington, Va.; great-grandchildren, Jacob, Lilly, and Casey Bond, Colin O'Neill, Mira Mendez; siblings, Joy Ann Minor of Onalaska, Texas, Jack Walter (Joanne), of Dallas; in-laws, Eunice Walter, of Lubbock, and Alfred Holton, of Lubbock.
The family requests memorial donations to Asbury United Methodist Church, 2005 Ave. T, Lubbock, TX 79411.
She was born to John Earl and Ethel (McCandless) Walter on Oct. 27, 1915, in Lacey, Okla. She moved to Lubbock with her parents and five brothers and sisters in 1932. After graduating from Lubbock High School, she attended Texas Tech University and graduated with a B.A. At Tech she met and later married Bonner Cummings. They were married 35 years before his death in 1975. She devoted her life to raising three children and establishing a Christian home.
Frances was an active member of Asbury United Methodist Church where she held numerous offices in United Methodist Women, sang in the choir, and was a willing volunteer where needed. She was a member of the Pierian Sorosis Study Club.
Travels took her to such distant places as Israel, China, and Europe. She participated in a number of bus tours with her Sunday school class. Her favorite destinations were to visit family members.
Besides travel, Frances loved to garden and to read, a passion she maintained throughout her life. Over the years she enjoyed numerous creative pursuits: sewing, handiwork, and ceramics. She also enjoyed the game of bridge as well as other games, and was a dedicated Red Raider fan.
Surviving family members are children, Ethelyn Bond (George), of Evanston, Ill., Bob Cummings (Donna), of Lebanon, Penn., Jane Ann Dixon (Dan), of Arlington, Va.; grandchildren, Kevin Bond (Juliet), of Evanston, Ill., Laura O'Neill (Brian), of Germantown, Md., Elizabeth Mendez (Chris), of Denver, Colo., Adam Cummings (Valerie), of Pittsburgh, Penn., Jon Dixon of Arlington, Va.; great-grandchildren, Jacob, Lilly, and Casey Bond, Colin O'Neill, Mira Mendez; siblings, Joy Ann Minor of Onalaska, Texas, Jack Walter (Joanne), of Dallas; in-laws, Eunice Walter, of Lubbock, and Alfred Holton, of Lubbock.
The family requests memorial donations to Asbury United Methodist Church, 2005 Ave. T, Lubbock, TX 79411.
Services for Frances W. Cummings, 92, will be 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 31, 2007, at Asbury United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Visitation will be today, at Resthaven Funeral Home from 3 to 5 p.m. Frances passed away Dec. 24, in Evanston, Ill.
She was born to John Earl and Ethel (McCandless) Walter on Oct. 27, 1915, in Lacey, Okla. She moved to Lubbock with her parents and five brothers and sisters in 1932. After graduating from Lubbock High School, she attended Texas Tech University and graduated with a B.A. At Tech she met and later married Bonner Cummings. They were married 35 years before his death in 1975. She devoted her life to raising three children and establishing a Christian home.
Frances was an active member of Asbury United Methodist Church where she held numerous offices in United Methodist Women, sang in the choir, and was a willing volunteer where needed. She was a member of the Pierian Sorosis Study Club.
Travels took her to such distant places as Israel, China, and Europe. She participated in a number of bus tours with her Sunday school class. Her favorite destinations were to visit family members.
Besides travel, Frances loved to garden and to read, a passion she maintained throughout her life. Over the years she enjoyed numerous creative pursuits: sewing, handiwork, and ceramics. She also enjoyed the game of bridge as well as other games, and was a dedicated Red Raider fan.
Surviving family members are children, Ethelyn Bond (George), of Evanston, Ill., Bob Cummings (Donna), of Lebanon, Penn., Jane Ann Dixon (Dan), of Arlington, Va.; grandchildren, Kevin Bond (Juliet), of Evanston, Ill., Laura O'Neill (Brian), of Germantown, Md., Elizabeth Mendez (Chris), of Denver, Colo., Adam Cummings (Valerie), of Pittsburgh, Penn., Jon Dixon of Arlington, Va.; great-grandchildren, Jacob, Lilly, and Casey Bond, Colin O'Neill, Mira Mendez; siblings, Joy Ann Minor of Onalaska, Texas, Jack Walter (Joanne), of Dallas; in-laws, Eunice Walter, of Lubbock, and Alfred Holton, of Lubbock.
The family requests memorial donations to Asbury United Methodist Church, 2005 Ave. T, Lubbock, TX 79411.
She was born to John Earl and Ethel (McCandless) Walter on Oct. 27, 1915, in Lacey, Okla. She moved to Lubbock with her parents and five brothers and sisters in 1932. After graduating from Lubbock High School, she attended Texas Tech University and graduated with a B.A. At Tech she met and later married Bonner Cummings. They were married 35 years before his death in 1975. She devoted her life to raising three children and establishing a Christian home.
Frances was an active member of Asbury United Methodist Church where she held numerous offices in United Methodist Women, sang in the choir, and was a willing volunteer where needed. She was a member of the Pierian Sorosis Study Club.
Travels took her to such distant places as Israel, China, and Europe. She participated in a number of bus tours with her Sunday school class. Her favorite destinations were to visit family members.
Besides travel, Frances loved to garden and to read, a passion she maintained throughout her life. Over the years she enjoyed numerous creative pursuits: sewing, handiwork, and ceramics. She also enjoyed the game of bridge as well as other games, and was a dedicated Red Raider fan.
Surviving family members are children, Ethelyn Bond (George), of Evanston, Ill., Bob Cummings (Donna), of Lebanon, Penn., Jane Ann Dixon (Dan), of Arlington, Va.; grandchildren, Kevin Bond (Juliet), of Evanston, Ill., Laura O'Neill (Brian), of Germantown, Md., Elizabeth Mendez (Chris), of Denver, Colo., Adam Cummings (Valerie), of Pittsburgh, Penn., Jon Dixon of Arlington, Va.; great-grandchildren, Jacob, Lilly, and Casey Bond, Colin O'Neill, Mira Mendez; siblings, Joy Ann Minor of Onalaska, Texas, Jack Walter (Joanne), of Dallas; in-laws, Eunice Walter, of Lubbock, and Alfred Holton, of Lubbock.
The family requests memorial donations to Asbury United Methodist Church, 2005 Ave. T, Lubbock, TX 79411.
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