Mr. James Earl Cummings age 57 of Maxton, North Carolina was born on March 14, 1968, to the late Henry Hodges Cummings and Mary Mageline Bryant in Robeson County, North Carolina. He departed this life on June 22, 2025, at Morrison Manor, Laurinburg, North Carolina. along with his father he was preceded in death by a son, Cedrick E. Bennett, his siblings, Anthony Bryant, Foster Cummings, Kay Cummings.

Mr. James leaves to cherish his memories his wife: Monica Bennett Cummings of the home, his children: Richard Cummings, India Cummings, Timisha Flowers, James E. Cummings Jr., James J. Cummings, Alliyah Cummings, Ambriray Cummings, Jeremiah Cummings, his mother: Mary Mageline Bryant, sisters: Nadine Cummings, Quanita Cummings, Cindy Haire (Jerry), twenty-six grandchildren, seventeen nieces and nephews, thirty-seven great nieces and nephews, father-in-law and mother-in-law: Ronson and Geraldine Bennett, sister-in-laws: Marion Bryant, Camisha Galloway (Cedric). Roxie Franklin (Edward), special relatives: Jamie Chavis, Dixie Jones, Nathan Bryant, along with a host of other relatives and friends.