Obituary of Shirley Ann Cummings

Bedford – Shirley Ann Cummings, 78, of Bedford, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Born February 12, 1937 in Lawrence Co., she was the daughter of Kenneth L. and Charlene (Wright) Howell. She married John E. Cummings on September 21, 1958 and he survives. She was a graduate of Oolitic High School with the class of 1955. She retired in 1986 as a clerk at JC Penney and had worked at Bedford Regional Medical Center. She was a member of the First Church of God in Mitchell and a volunteer at L.I.F.E. She and her husband support a young girl, Lovena Rufimo of the Philippian Islands through the Compassion International Organization since she was four years old. Survivors include her husband, John, of Bedford; two sons, John Brian Cummings of Indianapolis and Darron J Cummings and wife, Donna, of Zionsville, IN; three granddaughters, Dawn Davis and husband, Nathan, Cara Oquendo and Elise Oquendo; two great-grandchildren, Stevie Davis and Liam Davis; a sister-in-law, Mary Sue Howell of Seymour. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Marilyn Sue Pritchett and Rita Kay Beavers; a brother, Kenneth Thomas Howell; a brother-in-law, Larry D. Beavers; a daughter-in-law, Phyllis Cummings. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 am on Monday, August 3rd in the Elmwood Chapel of the Day & Carter Mortuary with Rev. Robert Courson and Bro. Darrin Chastain officiating. Burial will follow in Cresthaven Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Sunday, August 2nd at the Day & Carter Mortuary. The family asks that friends consider memorial contributions to Bertha’s Mission, c/o the First Church of God, 405 N. 12th Street, Mitchell, IN 47446. Family and friends may express condolences at www.daycarter.com.