Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Tuesday, May 22, 1956

COTTINGHAM, CYNTHIA D.

Died Monday at 543 St. Rose Ave., the residence of her son. She was 91 years old. Body at Rabenhorst until Tuesday. Shipment to LaFond Funeral Home at Opelousas. Services incomplete.

Survived by three sons, Robert, Baton Rouge; Russell and Ben, Houston, Tex.; three nieces, Mrs. Carrie Ford, Columbia; Mrs. Eva Duhon and Blanche Robertson, Baton Rouge; and several grandsons and granddaughters.
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Extracted from The Daily World (Opelousas, LA)
Wednesday, May 23, 1956

Mrs. Cottingham, Opelousas Native Buried Here Today

Mrs. Charles Cottingham, 91, the former Cynthia Ann Dunn, died Tuesday morning in Baton Rouge. She was a native of Opelousas.

The body was brought here and rested at Lafond and Son Funeral Home until this morning. Services were held at 10 a.m. at the Louisiana Memorial Methodist Church. Burial was in Myrtle Grove cemetery.

Mrs. Cottingham is survived by three sons, Bob Cottingham of Baton Rouge, Russell and Ben Cottingham of Houston, Tex.; and one daughter, Mrs. F. H. Fahey of Beaumont, Tex.

Also surviving are three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.