Obituaries

Frank CunninghamHospital Supervisor

Frank Cunningham, 89, retired admissions supervisor at Howard University Hospital, died May 31 of complications of diabetes at HospiceCare of the Piedmont in Greenwood, S.C.

He was born in Laurens County, S.C., and moved to Washington as a youth. He graduated from Dunbar High School, then served in the Army as a firefighter at a bomber base in North Africa during World War II.

Mr. Cunningham returned to Washington after his discharge and worked as a clerk at the U.S. Department of Agriculture before starting his own television repair business. He then became the night admissions supervisor at the old Freedmen's Hospital before it was taken over by Howard. He retired in 1977 and returned to Waterloo, S.C.

Mr. Cunningham was a 32nd degree Mason and past grand master of Prince Hall Lodge No. 10 in Washington.

His marriage to Rebecca Thigpen ended in divorce.

Survivors include two children, Dwight Cunningham of Washington and Danita Cobb of Raleigh, N.C.; two sisters; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Marjorie W. HowlettChurchwoman

Marjorie Wages Howlett, 85, who was active in Bells United Methodist Church in Camp Springs, died May 26 at Bradford Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of cardio-respiratory failure after a stroke in March. She lived in Clinton.

At the church, Mrs. Howlett served as a youth group leader, adult class teacher, chair of finance and membership committees, lay reader and as an alternate lay leader representing Bells Church at the annual meeting of the Baltimore conference. She served in several leadership positions with the United Methodist Women, representing Bells on the board for the Epworth House scholarship program. She was also active in the church's "warm nights" mission, which opened its fellowship hall to homeless people.