Father Of Elijah Cummings

Cummings died sunday of a heart attack while on a church sponsored visit to the women s.

Father of elijah cummings. According to his obituary in the baltimore sun elijah s father had worked as a laborer for 42 years with w. He comes from an afro american background and is the son of robert cummings father and ruth elma cochran cummings mother and she was the founder of victory prayer chapel. He was the third child of seven. Due to some stroke complications ruth passed away at the age of 91 years.

Elijah cummings chose not to support their father s widow in the crowded special election to fill his seat and have instead endorsed one of his. Elijah eugene cummings was born on january 18 1951 in baltimore maryland usa. Elijah cummings had a rare form of cancer called thymic carcinoma when he died oct. His parents were sharecroppers.

Washington the daughters of the late rep. Over the years he was quoted talking about their importance to his life. Grace before retiring in. He leaves behind his children and wife of more than a decade.

Grace employee and the father of u s. Chairman elijah cummings died at the age of 68 on thursday october 17. His father worked at a chemical factory his mother at a pickle factory and later as a maid while raising seven children. Cummings was a father of three.

House of representatives since 1996. Cummings was the son of robert and ruth cummings who were deeply religious south carolina sharecroppers. When he was 11 years old cummings and some friends worked to integrate a segregated swimming pool in south baltimore. The baltimore sun robert cummings sr a retired w.

Died in 2000 at the age of 74. Elijah cummings passes away at 68 representative cummings has represented maryland s 7th congressional district in the u s.