CUNNINGHAM, JOHN E., SR. (Col. U.S. Army, Ret.), 87, departed this life Tuesday, September 28, 2021. He was preceded in death by his wife, Delores T. Cunningham; daughters, Johnita Lynn Cunningham-Brown and Christie Y. Cunningham-Mayo; parents, Mary M. and Roosevelt Cunningham Sr.; three brothers and two sisters. He leaves cherished memories to his loving daughter, Delores Karen Garland (Rickie); son, John E. Cunningham Jr.; grandsons, Gregory Brown (Rakeshia) and David Mayo; granddaughters, Catherine Cunningham, Ericka Garland, Christina Garland-Frias (Benito), Sierra Garland and Kelly Mayo-Langley (Robert); eight great-grandchildren and one on the way; devoted niece, Deborah Kenny; and a host of other relatives and friends. Col. Cunningham, a 1963 initiate of the Richmond (VA) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., was a Grand Chapter Life Member, 50 Year Brother and served as the chapter’s Keeper of Records for a number of years, during the “glory era” of Kappa.