Rujoye [Hubbard] Cunningham

Rujoye [Hubbard] Cunningham

Funeral Services for Rujoyce Cunningham, 77, of Chickasha will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 14, 2007, in the Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel.

Rujoyce Cunningham was born October 7, 1929, in Childress, Texas, the daughter of Max and Betty [Scates] Hubbard. She died April 11, 2007, in Chickasha.

On January 6, 1947, at age 17, Rujoyce married the love of her life, Winifred "W.G." Cunningham, in Childress, Texas. This union blessed them with five children, which were the light of her life. She devoted herself to being a full-time mom and homemaker until her children were grown, then she helped with the family business for 30 years.

She loved her husband, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren very much. She lived her life for her family and friends. She enjoyed family gatherings and loved making candy for them and other special occasions. She also loved the outdoors, fishing and the hunting trips she took with her family and friends.

Rujoyce was preceded in death by both parents; son, Stanley Cunningham; six brothers: JH, Harvard, Darlene, Gene, Roland, and Nolan; three sisters: Louise, Aileen, and Christine.

She is survived by her husband of 60 years, W.G. Cunningham, of the home; two sons: Larry and Shirley Cunningham, of Chickasha; and Clinton and Tressa Cunningham, of Golead, Texas; two daughters: Barbara and Clipper Carpenter and Loretta and Larry Bean, both of Alamogordo, New Mexico; six sisters: Flora Daniels, Norma Lou Pharris, Wilma Dean Crosby, Carolyn Parkhill, Shirley Caulkins, and Arlene King; brother-in-law: William and Sylvia Cunningham; sisters-in-law: Alta Dever and Georgia and Lloyd Howeth; thirteen grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Interment will be in the Ninnekah Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home.