Funeral services were held Thursday, Sept. 16, 1993, at Luff-Bowen Chapel for Alice Dee Tibbs Cunningham of Waverly. Mrs. cunningham,96, died Sept. 14 following an extended illness.

Rev. Brent Davis of New Johnsonville officiated at the service with burial at Ebenezer Cemetery. Luff- Bowen Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Cunningham was born in New Johnsonville and lived in Humphreys County until 1952. She moved to Memphis,then moved back to Humphreys County in 1990.Mrs. Cunningham was a self-employed nurse’s aide and a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church. Mrs. Cunningham was the daughter of the late George and Sallie Jane Mitchell Tibbs. She was married to the late Leslie Ray Cunningham.

Survivors include three sons, Herman Cunningham of Thousand Oaks,Calif., Ray Cunningham of Nashville and Bobby Cunningham of Hemet,Calif.;two daughters, Margaret Hagewood of Memphis and Jewel Davidson of Waverly; a brother, Hubert Tibbs of Humboldt; three sisters, Nettie Potts of Humboldt and Maureen Evans and Anne Dailey, both of Waverly; 14 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

Published in “News Democrat”, Waverly, TN

Submitted by:D. E. Turner