Karen Cummings

A celebration of life for Karen "Froggy" Cummings, 71, of Gatesville will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday May 3rd at Heritage Funeral Home in Lampasas. Mrs. Cummings died on Sunday, April 28, 2024 in Waco, Texas surrounded by loved ones. She was born on November 15, 1952 in Lampasas, TX to Lelia Annette Roberts Spivey and Leonard William "Bob" Spivey. Mrs. Cummings grew up in Lampasas where she was one of the first women to take Ag classes at Lampasas ISD and was Rodeo Queen. She graduated Lampasas ISD and attended Tarleton State University before ultimately graduating from Central Texas College with her Bachelor of Nursing and becoming a Registered Nurse. She would go on to have a widely varied nursing career; working as a circulating nurse in the operating room, assisting in open heart surgery, witnessing surgery by the famous heart surgeon Dr. DeBakey, and countless other medical procedures. Mrs. Cummings would meet the love of her life, Gerald, and retire to the ranch life in 1991. She loved raising kid goats and calves brought in by Gerald. One especially memorable time was when her laundry room was filled with 20 Angora goat kids during a particularly brutal spring freeze. Her lifelong passion, however, was horses. Her breeding program would produce a slew of winners and producers, including Southern Cashman, a two-time All American qualifier and Ruidoso Derby winner, and Pass Em Up Perry, a producing mare of over $2,000,000. Mrs. Cummings will be remembered for her wit, her laugh, her love of animals, her love of Christmas, her sense of humor, her love of her grandkids and great-grandkids, and especially for her candid nature. She was not afraid to tell you exactly what you needed to hear even if it might not be what you wanted to hear. She was the best gift giver and would begin shopping for that perfect Christmas gift in September. A lifelong liberal, she would be infamous in the local Facebook groups and was proud to have been banned from every top Texas elected official's Facebook page. We cannot print her final feelings regarding a certain national candidate, but if you knew her you already know what they were. She was loved by many and will be greatly missed. She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years Gerald "A.G." Cummings, her sister Lynette Davis, and her mother and father, Annette and Bob Spivey. Survivors include her brother, Leonard Spivey; daughter Shelly Spivey; honorary daughter Melissa Booth and husband Jason; son William Cummings and husband Adam Conrad; grandsons Logan Beaver, Dylan Beaver, and Jace Sanchez; granddaughters Lelia Sanchez, Avva Calhoun, and Jaylee Calhoun; 3 great-grandchildren; and 8 nieces. Special friends include Donna Brewer and family, Zain Pleuthner and family, Walker Youngblood, Dana White, Angie Adams, Randi Wiley, Brenda Powell, and Lana Davidson. Karen's final wish was to have a "Kentucky Derby spread of Roses" at her celebration of life. Donations can also be made to the Central Texas Cattle Baron's Ball in benefit of the American Cancer Society in her honor.

Karen Cummings

November 15, 1952 - April 28, 2024