Alumni Banquet 2022

We are thrilled to announce that will be hosting an in-person Alumni Banquet this year! We have missed gathering with our #FlashesFamily and cannot wait to see everyone on April 9th!

Please join us as we honor the Classes of 1970, 1971, 1972, and 2022! We have a great event planned, and we hope to see you there.

Saturday, April 9, 2022

4:00 PM Mass – St. Paul Catholic Church, 713 Crawford Street

5:30 PM Social/6:00 PM Alumni Banquet – Levee Street Warehouse, 1609 Levee Street

PLEASE NOTE: OUR FAVORITE COLORS ARE STILL PURPLE AND GOLD, BUT WE ARE GOING GREEN

As always, ALL ALUMNI are invited to our banquet! However, only the Honorary Classes of 1970, 1971, and 1972 will be receiving a form in the mail. Please spread the word to your classmates and make plans to attend!

To register for the banquet, please visit:

https://www.vicksburgcatholic.org/apps/pages/alumni

You can complete the online registration OR print the letter and mail it in.

Prayers Needed

I have not posted in a while to let y'all know who has been in the hospital and is in need of prayers.  

Please pray for the recovery of Anita Zorn Hossley (Class of 1958) who had a stroke last week and has been transferred to CMMC for rehab.  My sister, Laura Love Ables (Class of 1961) just had a knee replacement last Tuesday at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. I was in the hospital for 17 days for a stasis ulcer on the left foot and cellulitis on the right leg.  I have home health to change out dressing every 48 hours and go to the wound clinic once a week. I'm also in the process of moving to Cannongate (liveatcannongate.com) in a couple of weeks. For all classmates who have health issues that are in need of prayers as well. 

Prayers Needed For Classmates, Etc.

Please pray for Ina Lott Whittington and her daughter, Rhonda.  They both have Omicron Variant. Also, for my Great Grandson Tidus who lives in Montana with Covid.  I have been having issues with my left leg with a vascular stasis ulcer.  Also, trying to move in a couple of weeks to a new apartment.  Just found out that my daughter, Debra Ann has Covid.  Granddaughter Lucy has it now.

Omicron Variant is hitting way too close to everyone's home. With a sad heart but with a strong faith in Almighty God today I kneel down in prayer, asking for a full recovery of those with Covid-19 and the Omicron Variant and in pain, and yes Lord I'm asking You to protect and cover us with Your mercy and forgiveness. Please protect and strengthen us and the elderly, homeless, unemployed, sick, front liners, and caregivers who are exhausted but not giving up.

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name,

Thy Kingdom come,

Thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those

who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen

Happy New Year Classmates!!!

Ivan H. Cunningham Dies

 

Ivan H. Cunningham Jr. Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ivan H. Cunningham Jr. in Jackson, Mississippi, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, who passed away on December 24, 2021, at the age of 80, leaving to mourn family and friends. 

He was predeceased by: his parents, Ivan H. Cunningham, Sr, and Mary Katherine Herbert Cunningham; his former wife Dorothy Blough "Dot" Cunningham; and his brother John Cunningham. He is survived by: his wife Dorothy Ann Blough (Dot); and his sister Fran C. Bernard (Robert) of Vicksburg. He is also survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM at the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery (127 Church Rd, Madison, MS 39110). A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 at 3:30 PM at the same location.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Ivan H. Cunningham, Jr. (Vicksburg Post, Wednesday, December 29, 2021)

Ivan Hamilton Cunningham Jr. died on Friday, December 24 at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital.  He was 80.

A native of Vicksburg and born on August 27, 1941, he was the son of the late Ivan H. Sr. and Mary Katherine Herbert Cunningham.

A Class of 1959 graduate of St. Aloysius High School in Vicksburg, he attended Hinds Jr. College.  After moving to Jackson in 1961, he worked for Vickers Aerospace Corporation and Deposit Guaranty National Bank while finishing his undergraduate degree at Mississippi College.  There he met Dorothy Ann Blough (Dot) whom he married on July 7, 1962.  Cunningham began a long, dedicated 38-year career with Mississippi Valley Gas Company (Atmos Energy) in Jackson where he retired as Director of Purchasing in 2005.  He was a veteran of the United States Navy.

Ivan and Dot were longtime residents of Madison and were active members of their beloved Saint Joseph Catholic Church in Gluckstadt.

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 56 years, Dorothy Blough "Dot" Cunningham, and his brother, John Cunningham.

He is survived by his sister, Fran C. Bernard (Robert) of Vickburg, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Visitation was held on Tuesday, December 28 from 2:20 p.m. until the hour of the graveside service at 3:30 p.m. in St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery, 127 Church Rd., in Gluckstadt.  Interment followed.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Merry Christmas Classmates

 God's greatest gift was given to us at Christmas.  

May his gifts of Love, Peace, & Happiness be yours.

The 40's