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Decatur - James L."Jim" Cunningham, 75, of Decatur, passed away at 1:10 p.m., March 9, 2011 in Imboden Creek Living Center.

A time of remembrance will be held from 5:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m., Monday evening, March 14, 2011 at Dawson & Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home. A prayer service will be held at 8:00 p.m., Monday evening with Father Jeff Grant officiating at the funeral home.  Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Macon County Memorial Park Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to Christian County Mental Health Association Workshop.  Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.dawson-wikoff.com.

Jim was born July 25, 1935 in Decatur, the son of James E. and Helen (Hahn) Cunningham.  He attended Eastern Illinois University and graduated from OCS at Ft. Benning, GA.  He had served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He married Mary Munie on October 25, 1958.  He retired from Caterpillar in 1992 having worked as a line foreman, safety, and in purchasing.  He had volunteered with Special Olympics for seventeen years.  He was a member of the St. Vincent DePaul Society in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Surviving is his wife: Mary of Decatur; son: Larry Cunningham and Sheila Maxwell of Warrensburg; daughters: Lori Cunningham of Taylorville, and Tracey Babcock and her husband Dean of Decatur; grandchildren: Gregory Cunningham of Warrensburg, and Alex Cunningham and his wife Chassity of Sullivan; great grandchildren: Aedyn Cunningham and Oden Cunningham. Sister: Judy Rund and her husband Bill of Lakeland, FL.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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Hendrick Polanco My deepest condolences September 30, 2014
 

My deepest condolences.  May these few words from the Holy Scriptures bring you comfort in your time of grief...

John 11:32-45

32 And so Mary, when she arrived where Jesus was and caught sight of him, fell at his feet, saying to him: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews that came with her weeping, groaned in the spirit and became troubled; 34 and he said: “Where have YOU laid him?” They said to him: “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus gave way to tears. 36 Therefore the Jews began to say: “See, what affection he used to have for him!” 37 But some of them said: “Was not this [man] that opened the eyes of the blind man able to prevent this one from dying?”

38 Hence Jesus, after groaning again within himself, came to the memorial tomb. It was, in fact, a cave, and a stone was lying against it.39 Jesus said: “TAKE the stone away.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, said to him: “Lord, by now he must smell, for it is four days.”40 Jesus said to her: “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Therefore they took the stone away. Now Jesus raised his eyes heavenward and said: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 True, I knew that you always hear me; but on account of the crowd standing around I spoke, in order that they might believe that you sent me forth.” 43 And when he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice: “Laz´a·rus, come on out!” 44The [man] that had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings, and his countenance was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them: “Loose him and let him go.”

45 Therefore many of the Jews that had come to Mary and that beheld what he did put faith in him;

Please go to the following link for more information regarding the Hope expressed in this passage

http://www.jw.org

Rick Fornwalt Tracey, Dean, Mary & Family March 14, 2011
 
Tracey,
           I am so very sorry for the loss of your father. I only knew Jim for a short period of time, but I always enjoyed my conversations with him. Try to remember all the good times that you had with you father. I know how much you truly loved him. I am so sorry that I could not make the service,
I had to got out of town for work.

I have you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

Rick Fornwalt
Tracey & Dean Babcock friends March 14, 2011
 
Tracey,

We are so sorry we weren't at the prayer service for you and your family.  I know at a time of loss of any loved one is so hard.  Cherish all the good memories you have - and now you know your Dad is in the arms of our wonderful Saviour in perfect peace.

We love you and our prayers are always with you.

In Christian Love,
Phyllis & Melvin Litz
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