Funeral Services Held For U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings

October 25, 2019 4:10 am

BALTIMORE (AP) – The widow of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings has remembered her late husband as a man of integrity.  Maya Rockeymoore Cummings thanked mourners at his funeral Friday, noting his deep love for his congressional district and Baltimore.  She recalled his defense of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was in the front row of the New Psalmist Baptist Church, and  said he was a “man of soul and spirit” who felt very deeply.  Her voice rising, she said Cummings had the “utmost integrity” and cared deeply about our democracy, planet and community.