81R21581 JGH-D
By: Weber H.R. No. 1272
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the tragic loss of
U.S. Army First Lieutenant Timothy Wayne Cunningham, who died on
April 23, 2008, at the age of 26; and
WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment,
1st Combat Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division out of Fort
Campbell, Kentucky, Lieutenant Cunningham lost his life as a result
of injuries suffered during a vehicle incident in Golden Hills,
Iraq; and
WHEREAS, Tim Cunningham was born in Houston on January 22,
1982, to John and Cindy Cunningham; after spending his early years
in Houston, Hurst, and Rusk, he moved with his family to Alvin,
where he graduated from high school; and
WHEREAS, During his school years, this energetic and outgoing
young Texan served on the student council, participated in track
and baseball, and earned membership in the National Honor Society;
the son of a Baptist minister, he was also extremely involved in
church activities, volunteering in the community and traveling on
mission trips to Brazil and Mexico; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Cunningham attended Texas A&M on a Navy ROTC
scholarship, serving as company chaplain; after a year, he decided
to follow in the footsteps of his older brother, John, and entered
the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he
graduated in 2006 as a first lieutenant with a degree in nuclear
engineering; and
WHEREAS, That same year he married his high school
sweetheart, the former Samantha Ann Morgenroth, and they were
blessed with a daughter, Abigail, the following year; Lieutenant
Cunningham went on to complete the Infantry Officer Basic Course
and the Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia, before joining his
brother in the 101st Airborne and deploying to Iraq; and
WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family, his country, and his
faith, Tim Cunningham will forever be remembered by all those who
knew and loved him as a dedicated and compassionate young man who
gave everything he had to everything he did; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of First Lieutenant
Timothy Wayne Cunningham and extend sincere condolences to the
members of his family: to his wife, Samantha Cunningham; to his
daughter, Abigail Lynn Cunningham; to his parents, John and Cindy
Cunningham; to his brother, Captain John David Cunningham, and his
wife, Jamie Lynn; to his sisters, Christy Dawn, Sara Beth, and
Kelsey Lynn Cunningham; to his grandparents, Wayne and Marian
Cunningham and Edgar and Jean Jones; to his niece and nephew, Emily
and T. J. Bolton; to his in-laws, Guy, Wanda, Dylan, Dakota, and
Savannah Skinkis and Jonathan Morgenroth; and to his other
relatives and friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Timothy
Wayne Cunningham.