Cadiz, Ky.-- A farm accident Tuesday afternoon has claimed the life of a Trigg County resident. Trigg County Coroner John R. Vinson indentified the victim as Hershell Cunningham,81, Cadiz. According to Vinson, Cunningham was operating a tractor and bush hog on his Malone Road Farm. Cunningham was working on the tractor when it burst into flames and he was unable to escape the fire, Vinson reported. A son found his father and attempted to extinguish the flames with a fire exinguisher. Vinson said he had ruled the death as accidental from smoke inhalation.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Goodwin Funeral home with the Revs. Irvin Darnall and Ronnie Hooks officiating. Burial will be in Allen Cemetery in Trigg County.
A native of Cadiz, he was born Nov. 10, 1923, the son of the late George Clyde and Robbie Bridges Cunningham. He had worked at International Shoe Co., and was retired from the maintance department at Lake Barkley State Resort. He was a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church.
His wife, Josephine Cunningham, and a son, Donnie Albert Cunningham, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Cunningham, Cadiz; a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Judy) Miller, Cadiz; a brother, Alfred "Pee Wee" Cunningham, Hopkinsville' three sisters, Mava Brown, Cadiz, Martha Quarles, Hopkinsville, Dolly Stokes, Fairview, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Goodwin Funeral home with the Revs. Irvin Darnall and Ronnie Hooks officiating. Burial will be in Allen Cemetery in Trigg County.
A native of Cadiz, he was born Nov. 10, 1923, the son of the late George Clyde and Robbie Bridges Cunningham. He had worked at International Shoe Co., and was retired from the maintance department at Lake Barkley State Resort. He was a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church.
His wife, Josephine Cunningham, and a son, Donnie Albert Cunningham, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Cunningham, Cadiz; a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Judy) Miller, Cadiz; a brother, Alfred "Pee Wee" Cunningham, Hopkinsville' three sisters, Mava Brown, Cadiz, Martha Quarles, Hopkinsville, Dolly Stokes, Fairview, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Cadiz, Ky.-- A farm accident Tuesday afternoon has claimed the life of a Trigg County resident. Trigg County Coroner John R. Vinson indentified the victim as Hershell Cunningham,81, Cadiz. According to Vinson, Cunningham was operating a tractor and bush hog on his Malone Road Farm. Cunningham was working on the tractor when it burst into flames and he was unable to escape the fire, Vinson reported. A son found his father and attempted to extinguish the flames with a fire exinguisher. Vinson said he had ruled the death as accidental from smoke inhalation.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Goodwin Funeral home with the Revs. Irvin Darnall and Ronnie Hooks officiating. Burial will be in Allen Cemetery in Trigg County.
A native of Cadiz, he was born Nov. 10, 1923, the son of the late George Clyde and Robbie Bridges Cunningham. He had worked at International Shoe Co., and was retired from the maintance department at Lake Barkley State Resort. He was a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church.
His wife, Josephine Cunningham, and a son, Donnie Albert Cunningham, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Cunningham, Cadiz; a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Judy) Miller, Cadiz; a brother, Alfred "Pee Wee" Cunningham, Hopkinsville' three sisters, Mava Brown, Cadiz, Martha Quarles, Hopkinsville, Dolly Stokes, Fairview, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Goodwin Funeral home with the Revs. Irvin Darnall and Ronnie Hooks officiating. Burial will be in Allen Cemetery in Trigg County.
A native of Cadiz, he was born Nov. 10, 1923, the son of the late George Clyde and Robbie Bridges Cunningham. He had worked at International Shoe Co., and was retired from the maintance department at Lake Barkley State Resort. He was a member of the Maple Grove Baptist Church.
His wife, Josephine Cunningham, and a son, Donnie Albert Cunningham, preceded him in death.
Survivors include a son, Kenneth Cunningham, Cadiz; a daughter, Mrs. Dale (Judy) Miller, Cadiz; a brother, Alfred "Pee Wee" Cunningham, Hopkinsville' three sisters, Mava Brown, Cadiz, Martha Quarles, Hopkinsville, Dolly Stokes, Fairview, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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