Margaret Cunningham

Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Lee Cunningham, age 97 of Cookeville, will be held Monday, September 20th at 3:00 p.m. in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Cunningham Cemetery in White County. Her family will receive friends Monday from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Cunningham died Monday September 13, 2021 at Life Care Center of Sparta. She was born September 1, 1924 in Springfield, MO to the late Lewis Baker and Esther Campbell Owen. She attended high school and married her late husband in Springfield. Later, they moved to California and Margaret was employed at F.W. Woolworth's Department store while living in San Diego, Vallejo and Benicia, CA. They moved to Cookeville in 1989 and she was employed at Kmart for 12 years. Margaret was selflessly devoted to her family. She enjoyed cooking and welcoming her children's friends into her home. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Southard "Terry" Cunningham; sons, Terry Lee Cunningham and Robert Lewis (Debbie) Cunningham; brothers, Charles Oscar (Aileen) Owen and Ralph Owen; and by a sister, Norma (J.D.) Dotson. She is survived by sons, David (Keeba) Cunningham and Irwin "Scott" (Dana) Cunningham, all of Cookeville; daughter; Peggy (David) Wanlass of California; brother, Jim (Janice) Owen of Sparta; 15 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren; and one great-great granddaughter. Her sons and grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (931)526-6111. Share memories and condolences at www.hhhfunerals.com.