Deward Cummings Resume 2010

An Innovator not just a Participator

DEWARD LARRY CUMMINGS Jr. 709 Flores, 108 S. Brazos St. Lockhart TX 78644 EXPERIENCES AT PRESENT, SemiRetired Two Tours in Vietnam, 2.5 Years US Navy Seabees, ‘68’ 71 Owned DJ's Suzuki Motorcycle Shop, Operated Heavy Equipment, Marysville KS Managed Apartments in Topeka KS, then Omaha NE 19771982 Real Estate Broker, Owned a Red Carpet Real Estate Franchise 1982’ 86 US Postal Service, Supervisor, Omaha NE 19851989, Operated Heavy Equipment on Highway Projects, Beatrice NE ‘92‘ 96* Invented a Round Recycling Bailer Owned and Operated RoundRecycling Inc. ‘94’ 99 Invented a Cordless Selfpropelled Commercial Electric Law Mower, ‘96 Owned and Operated DL Cummings & Son’s Inc. 20012005 Licensed Texas Auctioneer 2007 PREVIOUS OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES 197177 Volunteer Firemen Marysville KS., SCUBA Rescue & Fire Attack Team Captain 197476 Established the Marshall County and Marysville Bicentennial Committees 1979 Assisted in recovering 14 drowned victims in boat disaster in Topeka KS 1982 Service Officer DAV, VFW, Post Commander, DAV State Dist. Representative Evangelistic Chair Broadway Methodist Church Council Bluffs, IA 1983 Planned Evangelist Survey for Council Bluffs, IA, 22,500 homes, 800 Volunteers 1984 Boy Scout, Cub Scout Den Leader, Unit Commissioner, Council Bluffs, IA 198589 Active in Postal Mailhandlers Union 1991 Elementary PTO Pres., Council Bluffs, '92 Head Start Board, Beatrice NE 1992 Centenary United Methodist Church Fund Drive Chair, Beatrice NE 1994 YRI Baseball Vice. Pres., Beatrice Football Booster Pres. 1997 Selected by National Committee & inducted into Delta TA Delta Fraternity PERSONAL DATA: Born: Aug. 5, 1948 Marital Status: '75, Divorced, 2004, CHILDREN Deward Lucas ‘77, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Naval Officer Paul Joseph ‘79, Works in Austin TX Erica Ann deceased ’76, Kurtis Wade. ‘84, deceased ‘96 * Youngest son Kurtis developed a brain tumor in ‘92, had treatments for next 4 years, consumed our lives.