Birtie Cunningham

May 17, 1927 - January 19, 2019

BIRTIE CUNNINGHAM Birtie Rachel Cunningham, age 91, of Gravois Mills, Missouri, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2019 at her home. She was born May 17, 1927 in Renick, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Alexander and Emma Frances (Cochran) Campbell. On December 19, 1947 in Mississippi, she was united in marriage to Billy J. Cunningham. Together they shared fifty-six years of marriage before his passing on February 3, 2004. She was also preceded in death by her parents and a son, Kenneth Cunningham. Survivors include her children, Ronald Cunningham of Indianapolis, Indiana, Lyle Cunningham of Tuscumbia, Missouri and Emily Heller of Shawnee, Kansas; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-nine great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. Birtie was raised in West Virginia and lived in various places throughout the United States. The family retired to the Lake of the Ozarks in 1972. She was a member of the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary in Overland Park, Kansas, the Bucketts Ladies Group with the Gravois Mills Volunteer Fire Department and the American Legion Auxiliary in Sunrise Beach, Missouri. In her spare time, she enjoyed collecting and doing crafts. She had knack for gardening and enjoyed working in her yard and tending to her flowers and plants. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 25, 2019 at Kidwell-Garber Laurie/Sunrise Beach Chapel. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 a.m., Friday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Garber Memorial Estates. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Laurie/Sunrise Beach Chapel.