He was born on March 10,
1936, at Big Springs,
Texas, the son of Joe Cunningham
and Julia
DeBusk Cunningham. On January
29, 1968, he
was married to Barbara
Bracken. He was preceded
in death by his granddaughter,
Brittney Fagan;
his parents; and four siblings,
Corene Chambers,
Jene Boyles, Raymond Hill
and Johnny Lee
Hill.
Walter loved to serve the
Lord and was extremely
mission minded; he was
blessed to have had
the opportunity to work
on foreign mission
fields. He was a member
of the Community
Bible Baptist Church and
attended Glenwood
First Church of the Nazarene
for many years.
A Mason, he had dual membership
in the Black
Spring Masonic Lodge #543
and the Glenwood
Masonic Lodge #662. Walter
had retired as
fire chief with the Caddo
Gap Volunteer Fire
Department and as a volunteer
with the Glenwood
Volunteer Fire Department.
He is survived by his wife
of 41 years, Barbara
Hill of Glenwood; three
children and their
spouses, Tony and Terrie
Hill of Glenwood,
Cissy and Steve Morgan
of Jonesboro and Gwen
and Leonard Keenom of Hopper;
his grandchildren,
Kori and Lucinda Morphew,
Dalton and Cody
Hill, Jared Keenom and
Casey Brandon and
Amber Morgan; five siblings
and their spouses,
George and Mary Hill of
Texico, New Mexico,
Kenneth and Mary Lou Hill
of Mulvane, Kansas,
David and Linda Hill of
Callahan, Florida,
Margaret and Bill Burchfield
of Sumner, Washington
and Marilyn and David Stix
of Fernley, Nevada;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
Services will be held at
10:00 AM, Wednesday,
April 15, 2009, in the
Glenwood First Church
of the Nazarene with Bro.
J. B. Evans, Bro.
Gene Graves and Bro. Wally
Beckman officiating.
Visitation will be Tuesday,
6:00 PM until
8:00 PM at the funeral
home.
Interment will be in the
Mountain Home Cemetery
under the direction of
Davis-Smith Funeral
Home, Glenwood.
Pallbearers will be Leonard
Keenom, Steve
Morgan, Kelly Hill, Tony
Morphew, Carroll
Ray Grant and Chuck Voan.
Honorary pallbearers will
be Bob and Margaret
McElhannon, Roy and Priscilla
Owens and Al
Vaughn.
Guest registry is at www.davis-smith.com.
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