Anne Cummings

Anne (Elizabeth) Price Cummings of Baton Rouge, La., returned to the Lord on July 6. She was 76.

Anne was born March 4, 1946, in Portland, Ore., where her father was stationed with the Army Air Corps. Her parents were Charles Luther Price and Grace Margaret (Lamb) Price. Anne grew up in Earlington, Ky., the second of five children. She graduated from Earlington High School in 1964 and attended the University of Kentucky from 1964 to 1965.  She worked for Kentucky Central Insurance in Lexington, Ky.

She met Timothy Albert Cummings in 1966 at her sister Penny’s wedding. Anne converted to Catholicism in 1968 and married Tim on Nov. 30, 1968, at Immaculate Conception Church in Earlington.

A devout Catholic, she was a founding member of St. Jean Vianney Parish. She was an active volunteer in the parish, serving as a choir member, choir librarian, a lector, a eucharistic minister and as a member of the Arimathean Funeral Ministry and the Altar Society.

Over the years, she worked at The Mailroom on Muriel Avenue, Louisiana Gulf Insurance Agency, Woodlawn Pharmacy and Anderson Books.

She was a Girl Scout leader for troops based at St. Thomas More School. She received the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Medal for her volunteer efforts.

She was known for her smile, her positive attitude and her gregariousness. She loved to sing, to read books, to do puzzles, to travel and to spend time with her family. She also loved Kentucky.

Anne is preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Grace Price, and one nephew, Tim Moreau.

She is survived by her husband, Tim; her four daughters, Mary de Wet and husband Chris, Margaret Leming and husband Tal, Catherine Herman and husband Steven, and Claire Delaune and husband Brian; her seven grandchildren, Kale de Wet, Mika de Wet, Rowan de Wet, Michael Leming, Timothy Leming, Nate Delaune and Reece Delaune; her three sisters, Penny Moreau and husband Mike, Edith Henke and husband Phil, and Sue Ellen Groves and husband Del Ray; her brother Doug Price and wife Hilda; her four nephews, Charles Moreau and wife Kendra, Chris Price and wife Sarah, Carlos Jimenez and wife Lindsay, and Zach Jimenez and wife Jackie; her two nieces, Jennifer Price and husband David Lowery, and Megan McGlothlin and husband Eric.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jean Vianney Church.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, at St. Jean Vianney, followed by the Rosary and Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be at Resthaven Cemetery.