Jesse Lee Cuninggim

Jesse Lee Cuninggim (March 21, 1870 in Lenoir, North Carolina –1950) was an American Methodist clergyman and university professor and administrator. After serving as Head of the Department of Religious Education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, he served as the President of Scarritt College for Christian Workers, which he moved from Kansas City, Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee.

Early life Jessee Lee Cuninggim was born in 1870 in North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree from the University of Chicago. He also studied theology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1923, he moved it to Nashville, Tennessee, on the edge of Vanderbilt University and Peabody College, and renamed it Scarritt College.

In 1936, Cuninggim served on the Board of Trustees of Duke University.

Personal life Cuninggim married to Maud Lillian Merrimon Cuninggim on June 29, 1910 at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. They had two children: Merrimon Cuninggim (1911–1995) The Organized Adult Bible Class (1908). The Making of a Ministry (1910). The Family of God (1948). The Administration and Organization of the Sunday School. A Better System of Ministerial Training for the Church