UDENE CUMMINGS

PLANO, TEXAS-Memorial services for Udene Cummings, 90, Plano, formerly of Ada are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Rollow Chapel of the First United Methodist Church, Rev. Bob Langston will officiate.

Mrs. Cummings died Wednesday, February 25, 2009 in Plano, Texas. She was born July 7, 1918 in Crawford County, Illinois to Harry L. and Bernice Rhodes Boyd. She and her family moved to this area in 1929 from Illinois and she graduated from Horace Mann High School in 1936 and in 1939, completed the nursing program at Wilson N. Jones Hospital in Sherman, Texas as a registered nurse.

She married I. Lester Cummings, Jr. on November 14, 1940. They were stationed in Champagne, Illinois during World War II and returned to Ada in 1945 where she resided until moving to Plano, Texas in 2006. Mrs. Cummings was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Ada for over 60 years, and one of the founders of the Mr. and Mrs. Sunday School Class. She was a member of The Coffee Club, the Oak Hills Ladies Golf Association, and the Oak Hills Duplicate Bridge Club.

Survivors include a daughter, Susan Carson and husband Chuck, Plano, Texas; a son, Boyd Cummings, Ada; one brother, Harry Boyd and wife Nova, Washington, OK; two grandsons, Mike Carson, Houston, Texas and Jeff Carson, Houston, Texas; three great grandchildren, Harris Carson, Tucker Carson and Hayden Carson, all of Houston, Texas; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband and a daughter, Virginia Gail.

The family says those who wish may make memorials to the First United Methodist Church of Ada, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74821, or a charity of your choice.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada