Robert Ross Cunningham

Robert Ross Cunningham, 83, passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 in Tulsa, Okla. Born in Argentina on August 14, 1928, to James Scott and Hazel (Ross) Cunningham, he was a graduate of Sterling College, Sterling, Kans. and Pittsburgh-Xenia

Theological Seminary.

A US Navy Veteran, Robert was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat “V” for rescuing five Marines from drowning while under enemy fire in a river ambush in Vietnam. After 28 years of active duty at the US Naval Stations in Annapolis, MD, Midway Island, on the USS Raleigh (LPD-1) and the USS Oriskany (CV-34), and tours with the Marines at Pa...