Obituary - Nell (Cunningham) Payne
Nell Cunningham Payne
Mrs. Nell Cunningham Payne, 87, of 211 Milton Brown Heirs Road, formerly of
Bamboo Road, died Tuesday morning, April 10, 2007, at Glenbridge Health
Care.
She was born Feb. 6, 1920, in Washington County, Va., a daughter of the late
Arthur and Ida Hutton Cunningham.
Mrs. Payne was a retired inspector for Shadowline, Inc. and a member of
Mount Vernon Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, John Payne and wife, Phyllis, of Boone; two
daughters, Jeanette Edmisten and husband, William, of Vilas, and Bonnie Jean
Blinson and husband, David Sherrill of Glen Alpine; four sisters, Flora Bott
and Lucille McCroskey, both of Abingdon, Va.; Ruth Walker of Suffolk, Va.,
and Ollie Fraley of Abingdon; two brothers, Warren Cunningham of Amherst,
Va. and James Cunningham of Bristol, Va.; and two special friends
and caregivers, Emily Main and Yvonne Brown, both of Boone. She is also
survived by eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren;
five great-great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James
Milton Payne; two brothers, Henry and Ray Cunningham; and one sister, Rittie
Miller.
Services were conducted Thursday afternoon, April 12, 2007, at 2 p.m., at
Mount Vernon Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Pennell, the Rev. Bud
Russell, and the Rev. Kanoot Midkiff officiating. Burial followed in Mount
Lawn Memorial Park and Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to Operation Christmas Child, in care of
Samaritan’s Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone, N.C. 28607.
Hampton Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.