Friday October 30, 1931
Final Rites for Pioneer Citizen Held Thursday

Rites were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for Charles Bradford 
Cunningham, 75, pioneer Longview churchman and newspaper writer who was 
widely known and beloved here. Born February 12, 1856, at Friars ____ 
Miss., he removed to Longview as a young man, having been a member of 
the Kelly Memorial Methodist church here for 50 years. For over 40 years, 
he was a member of the board of stewards and for 35 years, taught a Sunday 
school class in the local church. He was a trustee at the time of his death.
For 50 years, he had beenn connected with local and state newspaper work; 
for a long period, serving a sa writer for the old Times-Clarion and as 
Longview correspondent for state newspapers.