Margaret Anne Cunningham, 73, of New London, Texas, passed away November 2, 2022, after succumbing to a long lung and heart illness in Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas. The memorial service will be held at 1:00pm on November 4, 2022, at Boren-Conner Funeral Home in Bullard, Texas. Jennifer Bartles and Talus Murphy will be officiating. Family and friends are invited to Buck and Miki Durant’s home at 1017 Crescent Hill Court, Bullard, Texas, following the memorial for fellowship and refreshments.

Margaret Anne, known to most as Margo, was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, on February 9, 1949. She graduated from Reedsport High School and married Michael Eugene Cunningham on April 20, 1968, in Reno, Nevada; they were married for 54 years. She was an expert seamstress and owned her own quilting business. She was a gifted crafter and artist that brought joy to others.

Margo is survived by her husband, Michael, known by most as Mike; her brothers Lorin Lou Dixson of Charleston, Oregon and the Philippines, Donald George Dixson of Stanford, Montana, and James “Nick” Dixson of Fallon, Montana; her son Mathew Trent Cunningham of Palmyra, Maine, and his children Travis Cunningham of Bangor, Maine, Krystal Cunningham of Rochester, New Hampshire, and Sarah-Jane Cunningham of Boston, Massachusetts; her daughter, Melissa Anne Whitford, known by most as Misty, of Laird Hill, Texas, and her son, Corey Drew Bussey and his son, Blaise Elric Bussey of Pearl, Mississippi; and her daughter, Mikayle Anne Durant, known by most as Miki, and her husband, Buck Edward Durant, and their sons Buck Edward Durant Jr. and Dakota Michael Durant of Bullard, Texas; and a host of beloved cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Margo joins her mother, Donalda E. Nichols Dixson, whom she never got to meet having died soon after her birth, and her father, George Eli Dixson. She is preceded in death by her brothers, Stephen Walter Dixson and Larry Dale Dixson and his three boys Russell, Jason, and Caleb Dixson; and her sisters, Vera Cole and Jean Still.

Songs of Zion

Sing to me the songs of Zion, Sweetest songs of all on earth.

Let the rich man sing of treasures and the worldling sing of mirth;

But the songs of God’s own children, Sounding forth in joyful days,

Stir the weary heart to gladness, Wake the soul to tuneful praise.