Altie was the daughter of Juba Hudson Edwards and Arie Eleanor Ball. She married 1st to Horace Bryant Slimp and 2nd to Leroy T. Cunningham.
Altie is very special to me, even though I never met her. I obtained copies of some of her genealogical work, which she did in the 1940's til the time of her death, and her work enabled me to start my own research and add to hers. Altie was first cousin to my Grandmother, Hannie Perry-Ripley.
Obituaries:
"S.A. Artist, Social Leader Dies:
Funeral services for Mrs. Altie Slimp Cunningham, 70, of 260 Taft, who died Sunday, will be held at 3 pm Tuesday at Homer McClaugherty Mortuary. Internment will be in Roselawn Memorial Park.
A resident of San Antonio for 56 years and a member of Palm Heights Baptist Church, Mrs. Cunningham was a well known artist.
She was a member of the San Antonio Art League, Coppini Art Academy and in 1958 was named Woman of the Year in art. She was also a member of the Southwest Genealogical Society, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
She is survived by her husband Leroy; son Col. Jack B. Slimp of Washington D.C.; daughter Barbara Burley, San Antonio; mother, Mrs. L.C. Colbert, Crystal City; sisters, Mrs. Bee Shipp, San Antonio; Mrs. Eula Campbell, Ft. Worth; Mrs. Mabel Thompson, Holland; Mrs. Maggie Pruden, Waco; brothers, L.C. Colbert, Jr., Crystal City; Wilburn Colbert, Tomball and Elbert Colbert, California."
2nd Obituary:
"Portrait Painter Dies:
Mrs. Altie Slimp Cunningham, 70, prominent San Antonio artist and portrait painter, died in a local hospital Sunday.
Mrs. Cunningham, of 260 Taft Blvd., had lived in San Antonio for 56 years and was a member of Palm Heights Baptist Church.
She was named Woman of the Year in Art here in 1958, and was a member of The San Antonio Art League, the Coppini Art Academy, the Southwest Genealogical Society, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
Survivors include her husband, Leroy T. Cunningham; a son, Col. Jack B. Slimp of Washington D.C.; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Burley of San Antonio; four grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. L.C. Colbert of Crystal City; four sisters, Mrs. Bee Shipp of San Antonio, Mrs. Eula Campbell of Ft. Worth, Mrs. Mabel Thompson of Holland, Tex. and Mrs. Maggie Pruden of Waco; and three brothers, Mr. L.C. Colbert, Jr. of Crystal City, Wilburn Colbert of Tomball, Tex., and Delbert Colbert of California.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Homer McClaugherty Mortuary, with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. "
Altie is very special to me, even though I never met her. I obtained copies of some of her genealogical work, which she did in the 1940's til the time of her death, and her work enabled me to start my own research and add to hers. Altie was first cousin to my Grandmother, Hannie Perry-Ripley.
Obituaries:
"S.A. Artist, Social Leader Dies:
Funeral services for Mrs. Altie Slimp Cunningham, 70, of 260 Taft, who died Sunday, will be held at 3 pm Tuesday at Homer McClaugherty Mortuary. Internment will be in Roselawn Memorial Park.
A resident of San Antonio for 56 years and a member of Palm Heights Baptist Church, Mrs. Cunningham was a well known artist.
She was a member of the San Antonio Art League, Coppini Art Academy and in 1958 was named Woman of the Year in art. She was also a member of the Southwest Genealogical Society, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
She is survived by her husband Leroy; son Col. Jack B. Slimp of Washington D.C.; daughter Barbara Burley, San Antonio; mother, Mrs. L.C. Colbert, Crystal City; sisters, Mrs. Bee Shipp, San Antonio; Mrs. Eula Campbell, Ft. Worth; Mrs. Mabel Thompson, Holland; Mrs. Maggie Pruden, Waco; brothers, L.C. Colbert, Jr., Crystal City; Wilburn Colbert, Tomball and Elbert Colbert, California."
2nd Obituary:
"Portrait Painter Dies:
Mrs. Altie Slimp Cunningham, 70, prominent San Antonio artist and portrait painter, died in a local hospital Sunday.
Mrs. Cunningham, of 260 Taft Blvd., had lived in San Antonio for 56 years and was a member of Palm Heights Baptist Church.
She was named Woman of the Year in Art here in 1958, and was a member of The San Antonio Art League, the Coppini Art Academy, the Southwest Genealogical Society, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
Survivors include her husband, Leroy T. Cunningham; a son, Col. Jack B. Slimp of Washington D.C.; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Burley of San Antonio; four grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. L.C. Colbert of Crystal City; four sisters, Mrs. Bee Shipp of San Antonio, Mrs. Eula Campbell of Ft. Worth, Mrs. Mabel Thompson of Holland, Tex. and Mrs. Maggie Pruden of Waco; and three brothers, Mr. L.C. Colbert, Jr. of Crystal City, Wilburn Colbert of Tomball, Tex., and Delbert Colbert of California.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Homer McClaugherty Mortuary, with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. "
Altie was the daughter of Juba Hudson Edwards and Arie Eleanor Ball. She married 1st to Horace Bryant Slimp and 2nd to Leroy T. Cunningham.
Altie is very special to me, even though I never met her. I obtained copies of some of her genealogical work, which she did in the 1940's til the time of her death, and her work enabled me to start my own research and add to hers. Altie was first cousin to my Grandmother, Hannie Perry-Ripley.
Obituaries:
"S.A. Artist, Social Leader Dies:
Funeral services for Mrs. Altie Slimp Cunningham, 70, of 260 Taft, who died Sunday, will be held at 3 pm Tuesday at Homer McClaugherty Mortuary. Internment will be in Roselawn Memorial Park.
A resident of San Antonio for 56 years and a member of Palm Heights Baptist Church, Mrs. Cunningham was a well known artist.
She was a member of the San Antonio Art League, Coppini Art Academy and in 1958 was named Woman of the Year in art. She was also a member of the Southwest Genealogical Society, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
She is survived by her husband Leroy; son Col. Jack B. Slimp of Washington D.C.; daughter Barbara Burley, San Antonio; mother, Mrs. L.C. Colbert, Crystal City; sisters, Mrs. Bee Shipp, San Antonio; Mrs. Eula Campbell, Ft. Worth; Mrs. Mabel Thompson, Holland; Mrs. Maggie Pruden, Waco; brothers, L.C. Colbert, Jr., Crystal City; Wilburn Colbert, Tomball and Elbert Colbert, California."
2nd Obituary:
"Portrait Painter Dies:
Mrs. Altie Slimp Cunningham, 70, prominent San Antonio artist and portrait painter, died in a local hospital Sunday.
Mrs. Cunningham, of 260 Taft Blvd., had lived in San Antonio for 56 years and was a member of Palm Heights Baptist Church.
She was named Woman of the Year in Art here in 1958, and was a member of The San Antonio Art League, the Coppini Art Academy, the Southwest Genealogical Society, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
Survivors include her husband, Leroy T. Cunningham; a son, Col. Jack B. Slimp of Washington D.C.; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Burley of San Antonio; four grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. L.C. Colbert of Crystal City; four sisters, Mrs. Bee Shipp of San Antonio, Mrs. Eula Campbell of Ft. Worth, Mrs. Mabel Thompson of Holland, Tex. and Mrs. Maggie Pruden of Waco; and three brothers, Mr. L.C. Colbert, Jr. of Crystal City, Wilburn Colbert of Tomball, Tex., and Delbert Colbert of California.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Homer McClaugherty Mortuary, with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. "
Altie is very special to me, even though I never met her. I obtained copies of some of her genealogical work, which she did in the 1940's til the time of her death, and her work enabled me to start my own research and add to hers. Altie was first cousin to my Grandmother, Hannie Perry-Ripley.
Obituaries:
"S.A. Artist, Social Leader Dies:
Funeral services for Mrs. Altie Slimp Cunningham, 70, of 260 Taft, who died Sunday, will be held at 3 pm Tuesday at Homer McClaugherty Mortuary. Internment will be in Roselawn Memorial Park.
A resident of San Antonio for 56 years and a member of Palm Heights Baptist Church, Mrs. Cunningham was a well known artist.
She was a member of the San Antonio Art League, Coppini Art Academy and in 1958 was named Woman of the Year in art. She was also a member of the Southwest Genealogical Society, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
She is survived by her husband Leroy; son Col. Jack B. Slimp of Washington D.C.; daughter Barbara Burley, San Antonio; mother, Mrs. L.C. Colbert, Crystal City; sisters, Mrs. Bee Shipp, San Antonio; Mrs. Eula Campbell, Ft. Worth; Mrs. Mabel Thompson, Holland; Mrs. Maggie Pruden, Waco; brothers, L.C. Colbert, Jr., Crystal City; Wilburn Colbert, Tomball and Elbert Colbert, California."
2nd Obituary:
"Portrait Painter Dies:
Mrs. Altie Slimp Cunningham, 70, prominent San Antonio artist and portrait painter, died in a local hospital Sunday.
Mrs. Cunningham, of 260 Taft Blvd., had lived in San Antonio for 56 years and was a member of Palm Heights Baptist Church.
She was named Woman of the Year in Art here in 1958, and was a member of The San Antonio Art League, the Coppini Art Academy, the Southwest Genealogical Society, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
Survivors include her husband, Leroy T. Cunningham; a son, Col. Jack B. Slimp of Washington D.C.; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Burley of San Antonio; four grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. L.C. Colbert of Crystal City; four sisters, Mrs. Bee Shipp of San Antonio, Mrs. Eula Campbell of Ft. Worth, Mrs. Mabel Thompson of Holland, Tex. and Mrs. Maggie Pruden of Waco; and three brothers, Mr. L.C. Colbert, Jr. of Crystal City, Wilburn Colbert of Tomball, Tex., and Delbert Colbert of California.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Homer McClaugherty Mortuary, with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. "
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