The Fairfield Recorder
Thursday June 15, 2006 edition

Willie Marie (Tippens) Cunningham 

Willie Marie Cunningham, 78, died June 6 while surrounded by her family.
Funeral services were held Saturday at Pilgrim Valley Missionary Baptist
Church, Rev. Weldon G. Daniels and Cedric Adams officiating. Interment followed
at Skyvue Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Cunningham was a member of Hope of Glory Ministries where her son-in-law
was pastor; she was also a member of J.C. Bogar Chapter No. 229 of Order of the
Eastern Star and Heroines of Jericho, Cape May Court No. 400.  She graduated
from Butler high school of Oakwood and attended Butler college in Tyler.
Mrs. Cunningham celebrated 59 years of marriage to O.A. Cunningham.

She is survived by her husband; daughters Glenda Marlene Garrity and James of
Dallas, Mildred Ann Marshall and Tonya Maria Adams and husband Cedric all of
Fort Worth and brothers Emuel Tippens and Isaac Tippens and wife Ruth.

Mrs. Cunningham is also survived by her grandchildren Demetrius Marshall and
wife Tina, James Garrity II and wife Sonya, Jerrence Garrity and Laterrion
Adams; great grandchildren Darren Owens, Montrell Shankle, Ray Shankle,
Nicholas Marshall, Chassity Garrity and Destiny Garrity; god daughters Silvia
Sterling and husband Bernard and Adelia Houston-Kirk and husband Ernest; god
granddaughter Jasmine Rose; eight sisters-in-law and a host of nephews, nieces,
cousins and other relatives, neighbors and friends.