Norma Fay Cunningham

Norma Fay (Pauley) Cunningham, 77, of Columbia, MO passed away on December 19, 2014 at home. Funeral services will be at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbia on Tuesday, December 23, at 2:00 p.m. with visitation two hours prior to the service. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev. Jim Smith will officiate. Ms. Cunningham was born November 6, 1937 in Deer Park, Boone County, Missouri. She attended Southern Boone County High School in Ashland, MO. She was married to Billy Jo Cunningham and had four children. She worked at Jesse Hall at the University of Missouri and retired from Boone Central Title in Columbia. She enjoyed traveling the world with her companion Richard Knipp, family and friends. She also enjoyed antiquing and flea markets. She was a movie buff and a member of the Boone County Historical Society. She was preceded in death by her father, Altie Pauley; her mother, Oneita Henry Pauley Sapp; her sister, Peggy Pauley Rickard; her companion, Richard Knipp; and her great-granddaughter, Riley Hudson. Survivors include her children: Athena “Tina” Cunningham (Jack Pettigrew); Billy Jo Cunningham Jr. (Wendy); Greg Cunningham (Dana); and Angie Cunningham; her grandchildren: Tara Hudson, Leslie Turpin, Brecken Cunningham, Bradley Cunningham, Jarrod Cunningham, Kayla Cunningham, Joshua Jackson, and Ethan Reckner; her great-grandchildren, Blain Borgmann, Tucker Rice, Stella Everett-Kennedy, Harper Landrey, Natalie Jackson, and Cambrie Jackson; siblings: Dale Pauley, Alberta Anderson, Terry Pauley, Martha Ann Rissler, Jerry Pauley, Larry Joe Pauley and Vernon Pauley. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to Boone County Historical Society, 3801 Ponderosa St, Columbia, MO 65201; Midwest Transplant Network, 1900 West 47th Place, Ste 400, Westwood, KS 66205; Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 or the donor’s choice.