Mava Cunningham and Paul Brown
Mava Dale Cunningham was born on July 9, 1946 in Trigg County, Kentucky. She was the youngest of six children of George Clyde Cunningham and Robbie Bell Bridges Cunningham. Clyde was a farmer and both he and Robbie were natives of Trigg County. Mava was a descendant of Cullen Bridges, Cullen Thomas and Starkie Bridges.
Mava Dale’s siblings were Aubrey Hershell Cunningham, born in 1923 and married Anna Josephine Calhoun and later married Velina Guess England; Albert Dale Cunningham, born in 1925 and died in World War II; Alfred Leslie Cunningham, born in 1927 and married Joe Hazel Bush; Dolly Mae Cunningham, born in 1930 and married William Ray Stokes and later married Thomas Davis Rawlins; and Martha Rhea Cunningham, born in 1934 and married Charles Robert Quarles.
Mava Dale attended the Cadiz Graded School in Cadiz and went on to graduate from Trigg County High School in 1964. After high school, she attended Hopkinsville Community College where she received her Associates degree. She went on to receive her Bachelor’s Degree at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee and then received her Master’s Degree in speech language pathology at Murray State University.
On December 14, 1968, Mava Dale married Paul Raymond Brown at the Maple Grove Baptist Church in Trigg County with the Rev. Irwin Darnell officiating. Paul was born October 17, 1941, the son of Cordell Hull Brown and Emma Liza Brown Brown. Cordell was a civil service employee and a farmer and was a native of Overton County, Tennessee. Emma was a native of Clay County, Tennessee. Paul graduated from South Christian High School in Herndon, Kentucky in 1959 and graduated from Murray State University in 1971 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Education and English. He was in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1967 and served in Seoul, Korea with the 7th Infantry Division.
Mava Dale worked as a secretary for the Hoover Universal/Johnson Controls in Cadiz for 26 years. After receiving her advanced degrees, she worked as a speech pathologist at the Christian County School System and the Christian Care Communities, both in Hopkinsville. She also worked at the River’s Bend Retirement Community in Kuttawa, Kentucky. Paul taught English at Hopkinsville High School for several years and then was employed with the Pennyrile Allied Community Services in Hopkinsville where he inspected houses for their weatherization program. He also worked as an inspector for the Dana Corporation in Hopkinsville for over 20 years.
Mava and Paul were the parents of a son, William Timothy Brown, born in 1988 and married Tracy Lee Juechter.
Mava Dale and Paul died on the same day, November 30, 2021 amidst the Covid-19 epidemic, at the Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky. Mava Dale was 75 years of age and Paul was 80. They were both buried in the Green Hill Memorial Gardens in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
LINEAGE: (Mava Dale Cunningham was the daughter of George Clyde and Robbie Bell Bridges Cunningham. George Clyde was the third child of Elmer Elsworth “Ell” and Rosa Lee Bridges Cunningham. Rosa Lee was the seventh child of Cullen T. and Martha Ann 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. Robbie Bell was the second child of Drew Manley and Lena Mae Guier Bridges. Drew Manley was the seventh child of Starkie T. and Elizabeth Lawrence Bridges. Starkie was the second child of William and Mary Thomas Bridges. William was the fourth child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges. Martha Ann 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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