Mrs. Sara Cunningham was born on December 3, 1932, in Hardin County, Tennessee to the late Lester D. and Jocie Nix Nixon. On December 22, 1948, she was united in marriage to W. C. Cunningham, who survives.
Mrs. Cunningham was employed by the Aqua Glass Corporation in Adamsville, Tennessee and also by the Harwood Manufacturing Company in Adamsville, Tennessee. She was a member of the House of Mercy Church in Morris Chapel, Tennessee. She loved her family and friends and she enjoyed working in her flower garden.
Mrs. Cunningham departed this life on December 3, 2013 at the age of 81 years.
In addition to her husband, W. C. Cunningham, she is survived by a son, Tim Cunningham and his wife, Tammy and a daughter Marilyn Carter and her husband, Doy all of Morris Chapel, Tennessee; three grandchildren, Tracey Carter of Morris Chapel, Tennessee, Mandy Nixon of Adamsville, Tennessee and Chasity Odea of Oak Grove, Kentucky and six great-grandchildren, Lauren Phillips, Addie Carter, Miley Carter, Brenden Odea, Peyton Carter and Gavin Odea; three step-grandchildren, Kirby Nixon, Anna Nixon and Hunter Ross; two sisters, Brenda Hanna of Jackson, Tennessee and Jo Wicker of Jonesboro, Arkansas; a special brother and sister-in-law, Bobby & Brenda Cunningham and three sisters-in-law, Ruth Cartwright, Myrtle Nixon and Jo Nixon; and numerous nephews and nieces.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, L. D. Nixon, Allen Nixon, Ray Nixon and one sister, Ovada Nixon.