Jackson Co OK - Obit for Ruth Aileen Cunningham Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Ruth Aileen Cunningham COLUMBIA, Mo. - Ruth Aileen Cunningham, 85, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2001. Services will be at 3 p.m. today in Memorial Baptist Church at Columbia with the Rev. Bob Webb and Bart Tichenor officiating. A second service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church at McLean with the Rev. Truman Ledbetter and James Martindale officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery at McLean by Memorial Funeral Home of Columbia. Mrs. Cunningham was born Oct. 5, 1916, in Elmer, Okla., to Floyd and Maggie E. Wooley Williams. She married Orville W. Cunningham in El Dorado, Okla., on Aug. 29, 1940. She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Columbia. Her life taught us about Christian love; her death taught us how to face eternity with confidence, peace and dignity. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother; and a sister. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Karon Tomerlin and husband, Jerry, of Columbia; a sister, Berneice Briscoe of Abilene; a grandson, Dana Cunningham; a granddaughter, Lorna Hill and her husband, Mike, of Springfield, Mo.; and a great-grandson, Jamie Hill of Springfield. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Church in McLean. The family suggests memorials be to Scholarship Fund, Samnorwood I.S.D., in care of Bonita Myers, Samnorwood, Texas. Amarillo Globe-News, Dec. 30, 2001 Click here to return to story: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/123001/obi_allobits.shtml