The Congressman’s Spouse And His Youngsters
Chairman Elijah Cummings died on the age of 68 on Thursday (October 17). He leaves behind his youngsters and spouse of greater than a decade, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, a chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Celebration.
In a heartfelt assertion, the chairwoman remembers her husband as “an honorable man who proudly served his district and the nation with dignity, integrity, compassion and humility.”
“He labored till his final breath as a result of he believed our democracy was the very best and finest expression of our collective humanity… I liked him deeply and can miss him dearly.”
Rep. Cummings died as a result of long-term well being issues.
He was the chairman of the Home Oversight and Authorities Reform Committee and represented Maryland’s seventh District for 23 years.
Till the day he died, Cummings lived in an inner-city neighborhood impacted by poverty and crime, the Washington Examiner reviews.
In 2017, he had coronary heart surgical procedure adopted by hospitalization in early 2018. Cummings by no means returned to Congress after present process a coronary heart process at Johns Hopkins Hospital in September.
Rep. Cummings died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in accordance with the assertion from his workplace.
Rockeymoore and Cummings had been married in 2008. Ten years later, in 2018, she posted a photograph from their wedding ceremony on Instagram, calling him the person of her desires.
“Throwback picture. #happiness #marriage #manofmydreams,” she captioned that loving picture.
Rockeymoore was 20 years his junior once they married. The couple by no means had any youngsters, however she grew to become the stepmother to Cummings’ three grownup youngsters from earlier relationships.
Mrs. Cummings was a consulting agency proprietor at World Coverage Options, “a social change technique agency devoted to creating coverage work for folks and their environments,” in accordance with the corporate’s web site.
She briefly entered the race for Maryland governor in 2017, in accordance with the Related Press, however as a result of her husband’s declining well being she dropped out of the race in January of 2018 and said that she wanted to droop her marketing campaign “as a result of private issues.”
By December of that yr, she grew to become the chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Celebration.
Rep. Cummings was a father of three, “a daughter he had together with his then-estranged spouse and two youngsters he had with different girls,” in accordance with the PhillyTrib, Heavy reviews.
His daughters’ names are Jennifer and Adia Cummings. Jennifer is the oldest from his first marriage to Joyce Cummings.
“Elijah celebrating an early Father’s Day together with his daughters,” Rockeymoore captioned a photograph on Instagram.
She is the senior director of communications at Enterprise Roundtable, in accordance with Heavy.
Based on CNN, Adia made headlines when she grew to become a Lyft driver and used her father’s automobile with Congressional license plates to function.
“In an effort to earn some more money to pay her bills in school, she signed up for a part-time place with one of many ride-sharing corporations,” Cummings advised CNN on the time. “They, in flip, gave her a sticker to use to the windshield of the automobile.”
Rockeymoore posted one other picture of Cummings and his daughters with the Obamas, writing, “Elijah and his lovely daughters, Jennifer and Adia, have a good time the ultimate White Home Christmas get together with the Obamas.”
He additionally has a son who lived in Baltimore, the Baltimore Solar reviews.
His son, the second oldest, and Adia, the youngest little one, are “two youngsters he fathered by different girls out of wedlock — a 16-year-old son and a Four-year-old daughter,” in accordance with the Baltimore Solar.
It’s unclear what his son’s title is or some other particulars about him.
Cummings had monetary issues for a number of years reportedly because of the little one help he was paying.
The Congressman was considered one of seven youngsters to his mom, Ruth Elma Cummings, and his father, Robert Cummings Sr. His siblings are Robert Cummings Jr., Charnel Cummings, Cheretheria Blount and Diane Woodson, all of Baltimore; James Cummings of Woodbridge, VA, and Yvonne Jennings of Hartford, CT, in accordance with the Baltimore Solar.
The chairman’s pursuit of justice was closely influenced by his upbringing.
Ruth was born in South Carolina in 1926 and was very religious. One among 17 youngsters, Ruth would pray to the cows whereas working within the fields, in accordance with Afro.com.
She later went on to run Victory Prayer Chapel, which she grew out of her basement into two church buildings in Baltimore that serve the poor, Heavy reviews.
Ruth died in 2018, and the congressman remembered his mom fondly.
“My mom was one of many smartest, most considerate and loving folks I’ve ever recognized,” he advised Afro.com on the time. “She created a house for me, my dad and my six siblings the place God was on the heart and love overflowed.”
Practically 20 years earlier than Ruth’s passing, Robert Cummings Sr., the son of sharecroppers who additionally labored within the fields as an alternative of going to highschool as a younger boy, handed away in 2000.
He had labored as a laborer “for 42 years with W.R. Grace earlier than retiring in 1989,” in accordance with his obituary within the Baltimore Solar. He died on the age of 74 after “giving a sermon at a girl’s detention heart,” the PhillyTrib reported.
“My father was an awesome inspiration to me,” Cummings advised the Baltimore Solar on the time. “He taught us nothing was inconceivable, regardless of his restricted training. He spent his life believing in training and emphasised that we needed to be in class each day.”
When going via his father’s issues, Elijah discovered a notice he had written to him with lyrics from the tune “Wind Beneath My Wings,” which he carried till the day he died.
It learn, “Do you know that you simply’re my hero, and all the pieces I’d prefer to be. I can fly larger than an eagle as a result of you’re the wind beneath my wings.”
Following the congressman’s passing on Thursday (October 17), the Maryland Democratic Celebration spokesperson launched a press release, “Our hearts are damaged over the lack of such a dynamic determine in American politics. And we ask the general public and the press to permit Maryland Democratic Celebration Chair Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings and the remainder of the Cummings household time and area to grieve their loss.”
(Picture: Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Instagram)
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