Location: N-Crowson

Born: June 15, 1907 China Spring, McLennan County, Texas

Died: July 14, 1993 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

Parents:
Ernest Watson Cannon (1878 – 1965)
Nellie Leota Jay Cannon (1882 – 1944)

Spouse:
Garland Kenneth Cunningham (1907 – 1974)

Children:
Dorothy Nell Cunningham Talbert (1926 – 1969)

Irene Cunningham of China Spring, a homemaker, died Wednesday at a local nursing home.  She was 86.

Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at China Spring Cemetery, the Rev. Kenneth Boatman officiating.

Mrs. Cunningham was born June 15, 1907, in China Spring.  She lived in the China Spring and Waco area most of her life.  She married Garland K. Cunningham on Sept.5, 1926, in China Spring.  He died Oct. 10, 1974.  Mrs. Cunningham was a member of China Spring United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Dorothy Nell Talbert.

Survivors include a daughter, Billie Neal Lanham of Houston; three sisters, Ruie Fetzer of Austin, Pauline Breedlove of Waco and Vivian Comer of Dallas; and seven grandchildren.