Carmon Aubrey Cunningham was born on April 7, 1907 in the Maple Grove community of Trigg County, Kentucky, the fourth of seven children born to Elmer Ellsworth “Ell” Cunningham and Rosa Lee Bridges Cunningham. Ell and Rosa Lee were both natives of Trigg County and Ell was a farmer. Rosa Lee was a daughter of Cullen Thomas Bridges and Virginia Thomas Bridges and a granddaughter of William Bridges.
Carmon’s siblings were Myrtie Mable Cunningham, born in 1898 and married Burnett Finley; Olive James “Ollie” Cunningham, born in 1900 and married Lillie Roberta Williams; George Clyde Cunningham, born in 1904 and married Robbie Bell Bridges; Maureen Ell Cunningham, born in 1909 and married Grover Douglas “Bubby” Creamer; Earl Wayne Cunningham, born in 1912 and married Lois Velma Page; and Ivy Mavis Cunningham, born in 1915 and married Robert “Jack” Rowen, Jr.
Carmon attended the Trigg County schools and after leaving school became a carpenter. He practiced carpentry in Cadiz and Trigg County in his early years and in 1939 he moved to Detroit, Michigan. In the early 1940s, he returned to Cadiz when his wife became ill. In 1947 after her death, he returned to Detroit where he worked as a construction worker for the O. W. Burke Company. The company was a Michigan corporation engaged as a general contractor in commercial and industrial construction work. Carmon worked for the company until his retirement in 1967. After his retirement, he moved back to Cadiz where he lived the rest of his life.
On December 10, 1928, Carmon married Ora Noel. Ora was born on March 15, 1908 in Trigg County, the daughter of Quint Tyler Noel and Arminta Harris Noel, both natives of Trigg County. Carmon and Ora were the parents of two children, Dorris Aubrey Cunningham, born in 1929 and never married and Alven Roy Cunningham, born in 1934 and married Trixie Aileen Shortridge.
In 1946 Ora became ill when the family was living in Detroit. Her illness caused the family to move back to Cadiz. Several weeks after their return, Ora died on November 11, 1946 at the age of 38, at the home of her mother. She was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in the Blue Spring community of Trigg County.
On June 18, 1953, Carmon married Belvie Lee Ricks Dixon. Belvie was born February 18, 1907 in Trigg County and was the daughter of Henry Luther Ricks and Fredonia Isabelle Turner Ricks, both natives of Trigg County. Carmon and Belvie had no children, but Belvie had two children from her first marriage to Thomas Lloyd Dixon. Belvie died on April 18, 1977 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky at the age of 68. She was buried in the Dixon Cemetery in Trigg County next to her first husband.
Carmon died on May 25, 1969 in the Trigg County Hospital in Cadiz at the age of 62. He was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery next to his first wife.
Ell and Rosie Bridges Cunningham family 1929
Carmon and Ora Cunningham tombstone
LINEAGE: (Carmon Aubrey Cunningham was the son of Elmer Ellsworth and Rosa Lee Bridges Cunningham. Rosa Lee was the seventh child of Cullen T. and Virginia Thomas Bridges. Cullen was the twelfth child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges. Virginia was the third child of Peyton and Sarah Ethridge Thomas. Peyton was the third child of Cullen and Elizabeth Futrell Thomas. Cullen was the first child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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