Vivian Ann Cunningham

On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 11:45 p.m., Vivian Ann Cunningham, who was a loving mother of four children and four grandchildren, was pronounced dead at age 77. Vivian was born on August 7, 1943 in the state of Kansas, to Martha Faubus and Leo Etheridge. She received her high school diploma at Peaster High School in 1960. She married Charles Cunningham on December 25, 1969. They raised four kids, Aaron Nichols, Hoyt Nichols, Michelle Cunningham, and Lori Cunningham. Vivian was a Jack of all Trades, for example, she loved to do crafts, patterns for wood, painting, and sewing, and she was a good cook and baker. She used to bring baked sweets to the apartment offices and doctors offices. She used to sing opera and was a good writer, for instance, poems. She was known for her stubborn, pigheaded, and onery ways. Vivian was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Cunningham; her daughter, Lori Cunningham; and her parents, Martha Faubus and Leo Etheridge. She was survived by her three children, Aaron Nichols, Hoyt Nichols, and Michelle Ellichman; her grandchildren, Jake, Chandon, Ethan, and Kira; sisters, Linda and Nancy. Although several cousins and in-laws survived her as well. A memorial service will be held at a later date for blood relative family and certain friends only.