Kathleen Cummings

Mrs. Cummings was born in Waxhaw, NC on July 13, 1932 to George & Mary Hag McKinney (née Watts) and had resided in Killeen, Texas since 1970.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Marvin Leon Cummings, and seven siblings, George Lee McKinney, Richard Prince McKinney, Barbara Ellen Crockett, Joe Perry McKinney, Hazel Nathaniel McKinney, Sadie Rakestraw, and Hubert McKinney.

She is survived by 3 sisters, Theresa Washington, Mary Ruth Witherspoon, and Hattie McKinney (wife of Hubert McKinney). She is also survived by her loving children, Frederick L. Cummings (wife, Ginger), M. Wayne Cummings (wife, Sue), Phillip T. Cummings (wife, Eva), D. Rhena Thornwell, Gregory O. Cummings, and E. Chantal Sutton, nine grandchildren: Heather R. Cummings, Travis Cummings, Steven Cummings, Tyrone Cummings, Nathaniel Morrison, David Morrison, Joseph Cummings, Stephon Cummings, and Miranda Sutton. Kathleen also has 10 great grandchildren.

Kathleen spent her childhood working on her father’s farm until she earned the money she needed to move to Hampton, Virginia. Not too long after that, she met and married a tall, handsome Texan named Marvin Leon Cummings who was a career soldier in the US Army and they were married for 65 years.

She and Marvin raised six kids while completing his military assignments in two different countries and four states. She retired from the Killeen Independent School District (Peebles Elementary) after a career of 20+ years.

She enjoyed cooking, travel, and church work, singing in the choir at the 19th Street Chapel and Westside Baptist Church, and was an excellent seamstress. She was a member of the Westside Baptist Church (Hallie Tolbert, Pastor) in Killeen, Texas and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.

North Carolina services will start with the viewing at Forest Lawn West Funeral Home, 4601 Freedom Drive, Charlotte, NC 28208, from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm on 29 April 2023, to be followed immediately by a memorial service. The services will be presided over by Rev. Hazel Washington of the Nazareth Outreach Baptist Church.

Texas services will start with the viewing at the Westside Baptist Church, 711 Stagecoach Road, Killeen, TX 76542, from 12:00 pm - 13:00 pm on 09 May 2023, immediately followed by a memorial service. Interment and eternal rest with her husband will be at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery, 11463 TX-195, Killeen, TX. The services will be conducted by Reverend Hallie Tolbert of the Westside Baptist Church.

Flowers are always appreciated, but in lieu of flowers, we will be happy if you honor my Mother’s memory by making a donation in Mrs. Kathleen Cummings’ memory to the Make-A-Wish Foundation at wish.org.