The Way We Were
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COLONEL EZRA C. "Chopper” CUMMINGS, JR. U.S. ARMY (Ret.) 7/7/1937 - 5/7/2016
Ezra Cummings Jr., 78, an Army colonel who commanded paratrooper units during the Vietnam War and retired in 1987 from paratrooper units during the Vietnam War and retired in 1987 from the Army’s Adjutant General Corps, died May 7, 2016 at a hospital in Fort Belvoir, Va. “The cause was cancer”, said his former wife, Thelma Cummings. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, October 12 at 12 noon at Old Post Chapel, Ft. Myer, VA. He was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Zeleka Bereded; his former wife and life-time friend, Thelma Weaver Cummings; children, Sean Patrick Cummings (Loria); Steven Michael Cummings (Tavia); and Sharon Malissa Cummings-White (Will). Also, grandchildren; Steven Ellis Cummings, Cameron Camille Cummings, Kenadie Anny Cummings, Ryan Michelle White, and Sean Patrick Cummings, Jr. He is also survived by brother Theodore Cavanaugh Cummings, and sister Charlene Ruth Archie.
So live, that when thy summons comes to join the innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. William Cullen Bryant
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