Virgil Ray Cunningham of Robinson, passed away Friday, October 25, 2019.
Services will be 11:00 am Friday, November 1, 2019 at Bellmead Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at Waco Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Thursday, October 31, 2019 at the funeral home.
Virgil was born October 11, 1931 in Bynum, Texas. He attended school in nearby Abbott, Texas and served in the US Army during the Korean War as a carpenter and tank driver. He was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. Virgil worked at Cameron Mills in Waco, International Paper Co. in Waco in the maintenance department and retired from TSTC as a carpenter. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and woodworking.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Imogene; his parents, Little Russell and Clara Mae Cunningham; 4 brothers, Glen, Buford, Ben, and Brian; and 2 sisters, Nell and Eula Mae.
He is survived by Dickie Ray Cunningham and wife, Cathie of Fort Worth, Texas, Larry Wayne Cunningham and wife, Crystal of Vicksburg, Michigan and Ronald Joe Cunningham and wife, Tricia of Salado, Texas; his sister, Betty Jo Stolsworth of Beverly Hills, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.