Glen C. Cunningham

Glen Clark Cunningham, 86, departed this life on Saturday, November 1, 2014.

He was born December 14, 1927 in Sunnyside, W.Va., a son of the late Boyd Clark and Stella Elliott Cunningham.


Surviving are his children, Linda Firebaugh and husband, Mike, of Russell, Ky., Bud Cunningham and wife, Latrell, of Forsyth,Ga. and Barbara Miller and husband, Steve, of Shenandoah Junction, W. Va.; step children, Jimmy Smith and wife, Karen, and Darrell Smith, all of Forsyth, Ga.; sisters, Ruth Payton, of Virginia Beach, Va. and Peg McKinney of Crestview, Fla.; eight grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wives, Sybil Allen Cunningham and Peggy Smith Cunningham; his son, James Paul Cunningham; his grandchildren, Joseph P. Cunningham and Wesley Elza; and his great-great-granddaughter, Angel Stride.

Glen worked as a chemist for two steel companies and for the State of West Virginia for nine and one half years before starting his sawmill career, from which he retired. He was a member of the Maynard Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the Spurgeon Funeral Home, 212 Front Street, West Union, W.Va. with Pastor Mike Firebaugh officiating. Interment will follow in Cabin Run Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until time of services Saturday.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Maynard Baptist Church, P.O. Box 576, Forsyth, GA 31029.

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