Iva May McMurtry Cunningham, 98
A teacher in Baxter and in Hamilton County schools for over 35 years, she was a member of Antioch Church of Christ in Nashville, and was the daughter of J.T. and Rosa Dorris McMurtry.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Lee Cunningham; sisters Eva Sue Carter, Pauline Garrison and Geneva Pickle; and sisters-in-law Margaret Cunningham, Mildred Cunningham and Ruth Cunningham.
She is survived by daughter Anita C. Mitchum of Signal Mountain, sons Bill Cunningham of Ridgetop and Mac Cunningham of Wilmington, N.C.; nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law Ruth C. Rucker of Nashville.
Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at High’s Chapel with Jeff Johnson and Bill Starnes officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Visitation is Thursday from 1 p.m. until the time of the service. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) June 15, 2005