John Cunningham Sr.
John Cunningham Sr.
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John Cunningham Obituary
This obituary was originally published in the Bristol Herald Courier.
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Sallie Cunningham
June 7, 2020
Its been a decade now youve been gone. Still after all this time I can still hear your voice, your crazy laugh. I still have dreams of our life together, some good some bad. Some seem so real I wake up hearing my voice talking to you and then realize it was a dream. You are still my one and only and that will never change. Im just here on earth waiting for my turn to come home and be with you and the lord. You would be so very proud of your kids and all your grandkids. We did good. We have an amazing family.Forever in my heart.❤
February 16, 2020
Daddy crazy to think today would have been your 58th birthday. I wish I could see what you would look like, and how much youd complain about getting old. I watched some video tonight to hear your voice. I miss you so much. I would do anything to spend one more day with you Dad. I love you
Love always,
Your Brown Eyed Girl
Rebecca Cunningham
June 7, 2017
May we never forget
Becky Cunningham
June 7, 2017
Dad- I cannot believe it's been 7 years. I just visited Mom- we tried to clean up your grave and a copperhead tried to bite us! I find comfort everytime I visit mom knowing your tree is blooming. I miss you more than anything. I would do anything to hear your voice one more time. I am so thankful for everything you did for our family. I miss you everyday. I love you
Beck
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Jessica Baxter
November 10, 2015
I miss you more than I could ever express! Corey and I talk about you all the time, I don't think my stories of you truly depict the man you were. I hate that you aren't here anymore. I miss your laugh and your overly exaggerated stories, and I miss hearing you tell me you love me as you hugged me. I really miss you Dad and would give anything for another day with you!
Daddy's girls
Jessica Baxter
November 10, 2015
Sallie Cunningham
November 9, 2015
5 years 5 months and I can still hear your voice in my head. What I would give for just a day an hour to spend with you. I miss you . You would be so proud of Allie. She's growing into a amazing young women.
November 8, 2015
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Becky Cunningham
August 13, 2014
Hey Daddy.. I am sitting here reading the emails from June 9, 2010. I cannot help but cry. I cannot believe it's real. Still to this day , I have this hope I will see you again, I will hear your voice. I cannot believe it's been 4 years. I miss you terribly. There is so much I wish I would have done differently in life. I just hope you know how much I love you. I hope you know how proud I was/am that YOU were my dad. Your love and support is what keeps me going. I miss you... We all do. I will always be your brown eyed girl.
Sallie Cunningham
June 7, 2013
What can I say that I haven't already. So hard to believe it's 3 years today that our family's lives change forever. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of you. I miss you so much. to this day I still have no answers why you were taken from us. Only know I hate it
abigail hambey
March 26, 2013
love you papa
Sallie Cunningham
November 7, 2012
Today makes 29 months without you in my life. It has felt like an eternity..I will never understand why you were taken from me,our family.This will be my 3rd winter without you and I have a feeling it's going to really test my strength. Nothing has been the same without you here.I am so tired of being alone, doing everything alone, I so wish it were my time to come and be with you. I so miss everything about you.You was my whole world and now my world is so empty. I'm so disgusted with life.I miss you so much my Big John. RIP
Sallie Cunningham
June 5, 2012
Where do I begin to express whats in my heart at this time. 2 years to the day My life,our childrens,our grandchildren lives
change forever with a blink of an eye.I know one thing,every Emotion possible to feel I have felt in these past 2 years.To go
from having someone in your daily life for 32 years,then go to no one beside you....The loss cannot be put into words.God
knows we had many challages throughtout our life together.I know all of our children believed we should have called it quits
along time ago...but whether they believed it or not we did have a strong bond between us.We did truly love each other,we
just lost our way along the road... just as many couples do.But we did love each other. Till your last breath I hope he knew
I loved him that very monment as much as the day I said I do. He was always my only one, truely.The man I was going to
grow old with, to sit beside on our front porch when we was really old. Complain about all those dang steps we have to climb.
To have more ups and downs with.You'd be talking about all your stories, never mattered how mant times I've heard them
you could always make me enjoy them and crack me up laughing. You always had a way with your storytelling. Your laugh
was so innocent, so real.There is not a day that goes by your not missed by me.But there are days I'm sad,angry,confused,
depressed,feel very alone,mad as hell at you.......but still at the end of everyday in my heart,you are still my one and only
the one who got my heart,my soulmate.If ours lives could begin all over again there would be nothing I would want to change.
I would stand beside you again and say I Do .Evenknowing what I know now.I miss you,I love you,I still cry for you....RIP my
Big John I will be beside you and with you when it's my time. It will be then I will be at peace,when my pain will end,it will be
then I will be with the man who got my heart....Forever
P.S.
Though I know I must go forward with my life,my life I had with you
will forever be deep in my heart
that no one will ever be able to erase
Sallie Cunningham
February 16, 2012
They say it gets easier with time but I don't think so. Somedays I believe it only gets harder. Today is your 50th Birthday. Never would I have thought you wouldn't be here to celebrate it. There is not a day that goes by that your not on my mind. I miss you so dang much. I can't even put it into words or on paper. As each day comes and goes I just know it's one day closer to my wish coming true. To be there in heaven with you. That's all I want anymore. I don't understand and I never will. I love you and miss your presence. Till we meet again forever in my heart .your loving wife always and forever.
Rebecca Cunningham
February 13, 2012
The Final Goodbye
Twenty-five years was not enough,
With my daddy, who meant so much.
A man who had so much pride,
In all my years, I had never seen him cry.
Lying before me, with makeup covering his face;
To my father this would have been such a disgrace.
I know you wouldn't want me to stand over you and cry,
But daddy, I just don't understand why.
I had so much left to say,
But within a day, God took you away.
I touched your cold, hard skin,
Trying to help reality sink in.
I ran my fingers through your hair,
And couldn't help but stare.
Waiting to see a breath,
Or a rise and fall in your chest.
I wish I was stronger,
And I wasn't so weak.
My last good-bye,
I kissed you on your cheek.
Twenty-five years was not enough,
With my daddy who meant so much
Daddy-- There is not a single day that goes by that I do not think about you. Three more days and you would have been 50. Oh, what I would give to hear your complaints about how your not an old 50 year old. Thank you for giving me 25 amazing years.. I love you and miss you more than I could ever out into words.
Your Brown Eyed Girl
Sallie Cunningham
February 9, 2012
Wow,Where has the time went already. It's been 20 months now and still I think it's a bad dream. When does it get easier? When will I be able to move forward? I wish this could all go away. I miss you so dang much. I miss you sleeping beside me, snoring, everything about you. Just so wish God could tell me what was the purpose of taking you away from me.We had our ups and downs just like every couple does but we loved each other and this just isn't fair.. yeah I know life isn't fair. I miss you and need you and I don't like being alone. My heart bleeds everyday. I feel so very empty. So drained, so not full of life. I'm not liking this at all. Why? Why? Why? I just want to come home and be with you. To feel safe. I miss you and I will forever love you. You are forever my everything
Sallie Cunningham
December 7, 2011
They say it gets easier with time, but that hasen't happened for me yet. 18 months ago today you were taken from me and became an Angel. I miss you so very much. The weather today you would have loved. Getting cold with snow on the way. You would have been out there in your shorts acting like its summer. :) you so loved the cooler weather. Allie is fixing to get her learners permit. She would have had such a great time learning from you. There would have been alot of laughs and stories. I miss your stories so very much. I don't laugh very much anymore. Life is not the same without you here. I just wish I could be with you again to start our life all over. I would have been such a better wife and partner.If I had one wish that I could have it would be to have a chance again to have our 32 years back. All the good times and bad. The laughs and cries. Loud times and quiet times. I miss you and I love you always and forever Big John. RIP till we meet again.
Sallie Cunningham
November 7, 2011
It has been 17 months to the day. As a matter of fact right now 9:22 p.m. and we were still at the hospital,with the Dr. telling us you were gone. Taken from us and given back to God. You now an angel. I so miss you. There is not a day that goes by that I long for your presence.That I could feel your touch,hear your voice.To this day I am still trying to understand why. Why you were taken from me, from your family.I so wish I would wake up from this nightmare. But it's a nightmare everyday I wake up without you beside me. Your gone forever.I struggle everyday without you here. You were my everything. Everyday songs on the radio remind me of you,us. I just wish I could have you back to love you like there's no tomorrow.I need you so much. I'm so all alone. I hate going to bed alone and getting up alone. Nothing is the same without you here.How am I to do this forever without you? I just don't know if I can. You were my everything. My soulmate,my hero, the person I admired,etc. I want this pain to go away, and it only gets worse,day after day. When we came home from the hospital I sat at the kitchen table all night long. In a daze.Not believing what had just happened.Or why it happened. How do I do this? We never talked about death. How it would affect us, how we would cope, how we would move on. How do I? I just want all this to go away. I want you in my arms. I want to smell your cologne, hear your laugh,sit with you,be with you. I'm not liking this at all. My pain only gets worse everyday I have to go on without you. I miss you. I love you. I can't wait till I get to be with you again. I'm forever yours, till we meet again. I love you my hero, my everything.
So blessed and lucky to have had you in my life for 32 years :)
Sallie Cunningham
July 19, 2011
My Hero
Sallie Cunningham
July 19, 2011
Sallie Cunningham
July 7, 2011
So hard to believe it's been 13 months. We all miss you so very much. I was able to go to Vegas and see all the grandkids and they all miss you so much. So badly wanted to see you.They loved you so much.Have all grown so big, you would have been so proud of them.I miss you so much. Somedays so hard to bear. After all this time still hope it's all a bad dream. but then I see your resting place and know it's not. Makes me so sad to know I lost my man of dreams. My hero, my everything. I will always have your voice and smile to help me get through my days.I miss you my love. A part of me will never heal because I lost the best thing that ever happened to me in my life. YOU!! RIP forever I Love You. Sallie
keith guinn
June 14, 2011
Papa, I can't believe you're gone, man I can't grasp the thought that I'll never see you again, last time I saw you was when I was young. You were a great man and I wish you were still here, I wish god hadn't taken you from me so young! We miss you soooo much and think about you every day. We have pictures of you all around the house and its nice to see you, but not as nice as it was in person. I wish I could've had just 1 more day with you, it seems so unreal. Allie misses you so much,so does grandma. I love you so much and wish I could hear your voice. I don't know what to say, you were an amazing man and I hope you are resting peacefully. One day, maybe next year, I might come down to Tennessee and see everything you accomplished at the house. You're always in my mind and I hope one day to have you in one of my dreams
Lots of love,
Your Grandson,
Keith
Sallie Cunningham
June 6, 2011
Where do I begin. Less than 24 hours and its been a year.This is so unfair. I miss you so much. I need you so much. I just want to wake up from the horror. But .... Becky came over this weekend and we planted more flowers and made it all pretty again. They all miss you so much too. I think we all still think its just a bad dream. What I would give for just one more day with you. So many things I never told you and should have. I miss you so deeply. I feel so lost without you. I will never forget your voice, I can still hear it over and over in my mind. I don't just want you to be a memory. I want you back,with me in my arms. I know you are at peace and well but me I'm just the oppisite. I'm so lost without you. I can't even put it all in words. My mind is moving faster than my fingers can type. I can't wait for the day we are together again. That will be the best moment for me. I love you now and forever.
Sallie Cunningham
May 30, 2011
It's so hard to believe that in 8 more days you've been gone for 1 year. I put up some new flags at your resting spot yesterday.I also gave you angel chimes. I miss you so very much.There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of you. I know you are at peace but I sure do wish you were here.My life will never be the same without you in it. :( I love you now and forever!
May 17, 2011
I still can't believe your gone. I think about you all the time. The kids miss you. They wish they could have gotten to see you one more time. Although I don't understand why god needed you so early I know you are resting. I love you with all my heart and I hope you are watching over all of us. I love you dad.
Love Jamie lee
Travis Barnett
May 16, 2011
john you have always been good to me and the family your always been funny and i hope ur happy bye john.
Keith Guinn
May 14, 2011
You Real a really amazing Papa and I wish I could have seen you one last time, you'll always be in my heart<33
Jamie Copenhaver
May 14, 2011
John,,You were a great neighbor, and even though you moved MacFarland and I both always told stories of you..RIP John
Abbie Hambey
May 13, 2011
I wish I could give you one last huge and kiss
love Abbie
Abbie Hambey
May 10, 2011
Love you papa
Sallie Cunningham
May 7, 2011
It's been 11 months since I lost you. My world turned upside down and inside out on that day. It has not gotten and easier though. I am so lost without you. My life seems to be so meaningless. I have bad dreams and hope to wake up and see you beside me but your not there and then it hits me. your really gone, gone forever. I question God all the time. Why did he take you away from me? What did I do wrong? If I could just have one more day to make things right. But realality hits and .... I hear a song and just start crying, I come up the driveway and hope to see you when I get to the end, but nothing.Your not there.your voice, your touch, your smell,your being are all just memories I have till I die.I just wish I knew when it is going to be my time so I have something to look forward to. The day I get to come and be with you again will be my happiest day ever! I feel so alone, lost, unloved without you,life has no meaning without you here.I miss you so very very much.This is not how I thought it would be for us.We always talked about how when we got real old we'd sit on our porch together,,rememissing about old times,laughing when you tell your stories about past times. cussing when we have to try and walk up all these stairs. now I have to do all that alone,and it really stinks. I need you, I miss you so very very much. I love you John always have always will.
abigail hambey
May 6, 2011
papa i miss you so much i cry at night wishing for you to to come back. some times i look at the picture of you in my room and say i love you papa . kaleb says i love you papa every time i show him the picture.papa i miss you so much! love, abbie
Jessica Baxter
April 25, 2011
Everytime I come to this page I see your picture and I sit and stare in disbelief. I know that part of life is also death but I never imagined the day that I would lose you. I feel so much emptyness inside. I miss you calling and laughing with me and talking to the kids and giving them a hard time about something. You always would pretend that you didnt know who Abbie was and she would be laughing saying "Papa your silly...This is Abbie". We all miss you so much. Kaleb is getting so big and he is such a character, I have no doubt that you too would laugh at him and the silly things he does. I taught him who you are, everytime we walk past your picture he yells "that is Papa". It is so sad that all of your Grandkids will miss out on having you around. I graduate this month with my Associates degree and in August I will graduate with my Nursing degree. I am so sad to think that you wont be there to hug me and tell me you are proud of me. I want more that anything for you to be there! I know you will be there in spirit but it just doesnt feel the same. I wish I could just hug you one more time and tell you how very much I love you and how proud I am to be your daughter. I miss you so much!
Rebecca Cunningham
April 24, 2011
Happy Easter Daddy. Today you would have been eating lots of candy :) These past few days have been hard ones for me. I miss you so much. I kept a small bottle of your bod in the kitchen and spray it every now and then and just close my eyes and smell you. Sometimes it seems like you are there. I wish it was not your time to go, you are missed so much. I love you with all of my heart Daddy.
Sallie Cunningham
March 8, 2011
To My One & Only, It is so hard to believe it's been 9 months now. It doesn't seem to get any easier.I miss you so very much.I just don't know how to go on without you here. I miss you so very much. your voice,your touch,your smell,everything. This life just isn't the same without you here in it. I will never understand why God took you away from me, never.why would he take the only good thing I had in my life,away. I'm not strong enough for all of this. I'm really not. Everyday I drive in the driveway and wonder how I can begin to conqure all that needs to be done. you were so determind, so strong,so full of drive. I don't have that. Why is God punishing me? I just want to be in your arms,feeling safe,loved,needed.I have none of that anymore. God took that away from me.You was the strong one in this family.You was the one all our kids looked up to.I don't know if I can do this .I want you back, I need you back. I miss you more than words can ever say.I love you and I miss you. Forever your wife Sallie
Sallie Cunningham
February 23, 2011
Hello My love, It's so hard to believe that in 12 more days it's been 9 months that you have been gone. Where has the time went. So many days I still feel like I'm going to see you coming in the driveway,or hearing you go up the stairs to turn on Judge Judy. But it nevers happens, and I relize your never going to be here physically anymore, and my heart sheds a tear. this life just isn't the same without you here. I miss you so very much everyday, every hour, every minute.I sing songs to you that reminds me of how much I loved you and in hopes that you hear them up above. Our kids and grandkids miss you so very very much. you were there world. they looked up to you so very much. You were there rock, there hero. I know you are at peace but we all miss you more than words can ever say. I love you. I miss you. I can't wait till the day we are joined back together in heaven. Your loving wife always Sallie
Rebecca
February 21, 2011
Hey Daddy.. This month has been a tough one for me. It seems like everyday I am facing new challenges, and even though we did not talk much about serious life issues, I wish we had. Your pictures are everywhere, one is next to my rpm gage in my car and sometimes I feel like you there with me. Allie and I got you a cupcake for your 39th birthday, Choc on Choc. you would have loved it. I hope and pray you are resting in peace and one day I will get a sign that you are with me. I miss my Daddy, I love you more than I could ever express
Rebecc Cunningham
January 7, 2011
Seven months has passed... I miss you so much Daddy. I hope I always made you proud to be my Dad. I hope I see or hear your voice in my dreams. I love you so much
Sallie cunningham
January 6, 2011
Hi My Love, It has now been 7 months since I have not heard your laugh,seen your smile, smelled your cologne,felt your touch,felt your warmth.I sit and watch my screensaver and smile and cry. you were so loved, so admired,so needed,so strong so full of life.you can just look at your eyes with all the grandkids and kids and you just exploded with love for your family. Everytime I come in the driveway I relize you won't be there at the end waiting for me to come home.It's then I relize I'm coming home to an empty and loney place.You was the light in our lives,thats no dought. You were our everything.I miss you so very very much.We were so blessed to have you in our lives for the time we did get. just such a shame you had to be taken from us, so suddenly. Memories are all I have left of you,they make me smile ,they make me cry,they make me wish I could have just a few more.I hope you are looking down and see how very much I love you and loved you and always will. you are forever my hero, my soulmate,my everything.Thank you for letting me be the one you choose 32 years ago to be your wife. I love you. Your other half Sallie
Sallie Cunningham
December 25, 2010
Hi my love, this is our first christmas not being together in 31+ years. It seems so unreal. The house so empty, so quiet.It almost didn't seem like christmas at all. It's snowing outside, cold just what you would have loved. you would have been out there in your shorts and flannel shirt, saying it's not cold. nothing will never be the same without you here with us. John Jr. wanted me to tell you merry christmas. We know that all is ok where you are,and free from pain and stress, for that we are grateful. but for us here left behind it is very sad. I don't think it will ever get better with time. I miss so you so very much. I miss your smiles, your laugh,your everything. I can't wait for the day I get to come and be with you. for me that day will not come soon enough. I love you John Cunningham with all my heart and soul.Your Wife Sallie
Rebecca Cunningham
December 24, 2010
Hey Daddy.. Tomorrow is our first Christmas without you, its still so hard to grasp that your never coming home. Mommy came down yesterday and we opened presents with Allie, she was spoiled as always. I miss you so much and still spray your body spray around the house and sleep with your flannel every night. I would do anything to spend one last day with you, we all would. I just wish God could have waited and we could have spent more years with you, you were so young. Tomorrow will not be the same without you and its days like these that reopen the wound. I love you so much and wish I could hug you one last time. I miss you Daddy. Merry Christmas!
Love your little brown eyed girl
LUCY COLLEY
December 7, 2010
I AM SORRY SALLIE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES LOSS, WISH I COULD HELP IN SOMEWAY, JUST REMEMBER I WILL ALL WAYS BE HERE AND ALL WAYS BE YOUR FRIEND
Sallie Cunningham
December 7, 2010
6 months to almost the minute is when you walked through the door and from that monent on our world turned upset down.life as we expected to be will never be the same again. The pain I feel at this monent is as strong as it was 6 months ago. they say it gets eaiser but there has been no improvemnet. the loss of you my love will always be in our hearts.I just pray that somehow someway you know how very much I love/ loved you. If you can hear my words from up above I love you, I miss you , I need you and so badly wish you were here with me.My life will never be the same or complete without you. I can only sit and wait for my day to come and be with you again forever. I love you Forever your wife Sallie Cunningham
lori Griffin
November 22, 2010
sally and family we are so terribly sorry to hear about john we cant even imagine your pain our thoughts and prayers for all of you will continue today and always we love all of you and we really enjoyed spending family times together sallie you have family right here and please dont forget that we have always adored your childern you and john done a wonderful job raising them and we pray for their hearts to heal as well may god bless you all and continue to carry you thru this terrible time we love you dearly and im truly sorry for your famlies loss call me if you need anything all our love the griffins
Sallie Cunningham
November 1, 2010
The Day I lost You
By Sallie Cunningham
The day I lost you
that day so hard to bare
I didn't even get a chance
to tell you how much I cared.
My world turned upside down
without any warning
my smile into a frown
now I only have a life of mourning.
Can't understand why
you were taken away
so hard to get through everyday.
My life will never be the same
here on earth
without you, my worth.
I can only hope
that somehow you know
how much I love you
I miss you so.
Forever My Hero
Sallie Cunningham
October 26, 2010
Wow it's so hard to believe it's going on 5 months. I still to this day think your going to come through the door, but then I relize it's never going to be. I can still hear your voice, your snoring, the smell of your bod. Wow,it is so hard to believe I don't have you to go through the rest of my life with. The days are so lonely without you. The nights are even worse. This home just isn't the same without you here. I keep trying to tell myself it will get better, but I don't think it ever will. I miss you so very much. I know you are free from pain and all, but the pain here on earth really hurts. Just can't understand why God took you away from me, from our family. What I would give for just oneday with you. You were my everything , now it feels like I have nothing. I love you and miss deeply everyday, every minute, every breathe I take. Love Your Wife Always
Rebecca Cunningham
October 7, 2010
4 months ago today... it all seems unreal. I look at your pictures daily and somewhere in my heart I still feel like I'm going to see you again or hear your voice. This year of my life has been hard, sometimes I feel like I cant win. I needed you, why did God take you from us so early? Its like everyday I look at a calender and count the days you have been gone, does this stop? When does the hurting stop? I miss you daddy and I hope your free of pain and for once in your life resting. I miss you and love you more than words could ever express, your were my hero I was/am so proud to call you my father. I love you!
Your little girl
Jamie Austin
September 10, 2010
Dad,
There is still not a day that goes by that I don't think about you. I have part of you on my desk at home and we all talk to you everyday. I am not use to having you so close as we have always lived so far apart. I find comfort in knowing you are right here with me now. Although we did not get a lot of time together, when we did get to talk no one could make me laugh like you could. I always found it so funny how you got so worked up when you were telling me a story. No one I have ever known could get so excited over telling a story but you could. Thank You for being my dad and for accepting me as your daughter. You will never know just how much that has meant to me. You are definitely one of a kind in so many ways. I love you and your grand kids LOVE their PAPA so much. Rest daddy for one day we will see each other again and I cannot wait to hear you tell more stories. Love YOU
Love Your daughter,
Jamie Lee
September 7, 2010
Hi Dad,
No amount of time will heal the wound that I got the day God took you. Everyone says that it gets easier with time, I totally disagree!
I miss seeing you and talking to you. I miss those giant hugs and a kiss on the cheek...I wish I could have just one more!
I just want you to know that I find comfort in my journeys in school. Nursing has become my passion and it comforts me to know that I can touch the life of someone, even if it's only for one day. You touched the lives of so many in your lifetime, no one will ever forget the great man you were. I know that you would be proud of me and that drives me to push forward no matter how hard it gets. I learned from the best!
I miss you and I love you. I know you are in a better place and we will meet again one day!
Rebecca Cunningham
September 7, 2010
Daddy...
I cannot believe you have been gone for 3 months, it still seems like yesterday and every time i look at your pictures I still feel like maybe I will see you again or hear your laugh. I never got the chance to sit down with just me and you and tell you how much much you mean to me, how proud you make me. You knew the answers to everything, anytime i needed help around the house or with a question in general I knew I could call you and you would know the answer... then our conversation would last another 15 minutes because you would ramble on and on. Your apart of my everyday life.. your pictures are everywhere and I smile knowing I got to spend 25 years of my life with you as my father. No one or no man could ever come close to what you were in my life. I love you Daddy and I miss you, we all do. If only I could see into heaven and see that you are at peace, that your resting and your body is healed of all the pain and scars. I love you so so much Daddy and miss you everyday of my life.
Your little girl
Becky
Sallie Cunningham
September 7, 2010
John...
It's so hard to believe it's been 3 months today since I lost you.There is not a day that goes by that I wonder why god took you away from me.Was it because he thought I didn't deserve you anymore, because we just wore you out, took you for granted? What was the reason. I would give anything for you to be here with me,with us. Not oneday has been normal without you here. I never sleep well anymore. I wonder what the winter will bring, here alone without you. You were my rock, my everything. I am so lost without you. It is a struggle everyday to make it through the day alone. My life feels to unnessary,so meaningless without my partner. How do I live for all the years to come alone. You were the only man I trusted to do right by me. It is so frustrating. I miss you so very much. I love you and miss you with all my heart. Sallie
Rebecca Cunningham
July 27, 2010
Daddy...
I had a dream about you last night. All I could see was your face and you were so close to my face, telling me you were okay and that you loved me. Something woke me up and I am so angry because I can not go back to that dream. I hope I meet you again in my dreams. I miss you so much, more than words can describe. I know I am leaving this country soon and I will be back home to reality, the thought of never seeing you again eats me alive inside. Maybe I am selfish but I stilled needed you and wanted you in my life, there is no one or nothing in this world that will ever replace my Daddy. You were always my hero and always will be. I would do anything in this world if I could have had ten minutes to tell you what you meant to me, that hurts me the most because I do not think you truly know how proud I am/was of you. I hope you are resting in peace Daddy I love you and miss you so much everyday of my life.
Becky
Sallie Cunningham
July 24, 2010
John
It has been 48 days today since I lost you to God. It still seems so unreal. I keep hoping I will see you come through the door,but it doesn't happen. I am so lost without you. Jess called today and said Linda is not doing well. Her time may be near too. It's just so hard to believe that God has wanted to have both of you for his angles so soon .Who knows what God's plan was but I know you are at peace now and nomore pain and suffering. I pray that when it is Linda's time she will also go peacefully too. Ilove you and miss you with all my heart and soul. A piece of me will always be missing without you in my life. Forever in my heart Your Loving wife,widow Sallie
Allie Cunningham
July 9, 2010
Daddy,
You were by far the greatest father anyone could ever ask for. You were such a hard worker and it seemed nothing could ever hurt you. I mean, you fell out of the machine's bucket way up in the air, and probably broke a rib or two, and didn't even let it get to you. You still went to work the next day and the day after and never went to the doctors. A couple weeks that after you took me to Florida to go on our last fishing trip with Keith, we both got sick and caught one fish. That's one thing you loved so much though, fishing. My first deep sea fishing trip we went out on a charter boat and I got sea sick. I caught a shark and you caught a load of sea bass. I'm so glad you passed that hobby of fishing down to me because I enjoyed it. You could always make me laugh even if I was a bit angry with you. I remember how I would always call on your cell phone from the living room and tell you to come downstairs. You'd come downstairs and I'd smile and ask you to get me a glass of tea. You'd usually start yelling but you would still get me a glass of tea. I remember the day all this happened, I called you on your cell phone to get my camera off the table when I was only 5 feet away from it. Even though the call only lasted two minutes at most that was basically the last conversation I'd have with you, and I wish I would've know it was. I understand you wanted to go, you have for the longest time but I wish you didn't, we all do. I wish you could've seen me finish middle school, graduate from high-school, college, walk me down the aisle, and meet your grandchildren. I wish I could've heard more of your stories. You know the one where you get so into it your arms just started flying everywhere? No one can tell stories that match up to yours. I just wish I could have just spent a few more years with you daddy, 13 was just not enough. I think of you every single day, whether it's randomly or when I'm trying to go to sleep. I miss you more than you could know...and I love you so much.
Mark
July 8, 2010
John I sure do miss you coming in and getting your ice in the bucket each morning.I wish I knew that monday morning that that was the last time I would get to say Have A Good Day John, I would have said a lot more,I will sure miss you John, your stories,your laugh.
Sallie Cunningham
July 8, 2010
To My One and Only,
One month and 1 day since God took you away from me and it seems like forever.I can't believe that I will never see you walk through the door again or hear your voice. The smell of you. Life will never be the same without you.We had our ups and downs in life as every couple does, but you was always the only one I wanted to go through life with. You was my hero, my rock ,my everything. You always knew how to fix anything, do anything and always had to be just so.I can't imagine having to grow old without you. I feel so alone without you here. Wondering what I will do when I need comfort, who will protect me when I'm scared. You gave the best back rubs ever and I will miss them deeply. I will miss everything about you. You was the most amazing man I ever knew. I got the best when I got you. I always knew that even in bad times. I never got to tell you how sexy I thought you looked when you was on the machinery ,or working on the yard. I used to watch you out the window and just thought how sexy you was. There are many things I will never get to tell you, and wish I had. I hope you know how proud I was to be your partner, your wife. It's so hard to go in our room, I try not too, it's hard to sleep at night not hearing you snore. Waking up the next day, not seeing you going off to work. My life seems to have no meaning without you here in it. What I would give to have just one more day with you. Your loving wife forever and always. Rest in peace till we meet again.I love you and miss you. Sallie
P.S. You are gone but will never be forgotten, you will always be in my heart and always in my memories!
Rebecca Cunningham
July 7, 2010
Daddy..
Exactly one month ago today this very same hour I opened my email to read that I needed to call home, my dad was rushed to the hospital and wasn't breathing. I remember calling Mommy and saying “Please tell me Daddy's okay"
Every day I look at your pictures and I feel so much sadness. I remember when we were younger hearing your loud Chevy warming up outside to go to work. I would watch you out my window leaving for another long hard day at work. Daddy you were the greatest father and taught me so much about life. You are the hardest working man I have ever met, coming home every day with new cuts and bruises. At the old house your were so particular about the yard work and we couldn’t touch the boarders around the rocks, you always had a way of making everything perfect. You taught me to work hard, be the best and that there is such a thing as perfect. Daddy more than anything you taught me to take care of others around me, you were the most unselfish man I have ever met. From as far back as I can remember you always put us kids and Mom's wants/needs above your own. I only hope you know how much I appreciate everything you have done for me in life. I would not be the woman I am today if I did not have you as my father, you always made me want to be better and make you proud. Sometime you could be a very hard man to please and I would find myself getting frustrated but in the end you were teaching me, guiding me.
Daddy I don’t know how to accept the fact that I will never see your face again, hear you crack a joke, the sound of your laugh, hear you say “Jess, Jam, Allie I mean Becky”, haha, Smell you, hear you snoring, listen to one of your stories you already told me a hundred times, the way you chew your food like a cow always smacking. Daddy every day I wake up the pain is like knives in my heart. I needed you and wanted you to be here for me, for all of us. Maybe this is selfish of me because I know finally, you are resting. Free of pain and stress, you are a new healthy man but I miss you Daddy. I never knew how proud of me you were until I came home to tell you goodbye. So many strangers came up to me and told me you talked about me all the time and you were so proud of me. Thank you for that Daddy. I hope in the short 25 years you spent with me I made you proud to be my Father.
They say time heals all wounds, Daddy I will never forget you or stop wishing on a star to bring you back. It hurts so bad to know you will never be there to walk me down the aisle or meet your grandchildren, life just will not be the same without you. I know you died for a reason, everything in life happens for a reason, one day I will get my answers. I just wish I could have you back for 5 minutes I have so much to say to you, Gosh I hope you know how much I love you!! You were the best Father I could ever ask for and the most amazing man, there is not one single day that I will not miss you and wish I could bring you back. I love you Daddy and you will always be in my heart, my guardian angel. Rest in Peace. ?
Your Brown Eye Little Girl
Becky
patty weatherford
June 16, 2010
John cunningham i want to start by thanking you for allowing me to part of your family i will never forget the things you have tought me i am so lucky to have had you and Sallie in my life i will never foget what you told me years ago that family is everything. you are a wonerful man and i will never forget you I will miss you with all my heart love always your friend patty
Kasey Rose Barger
June 16, 2010
Big John,
What I learned from you: superglue can fix any dental problem, batteries can double as weapons when needed to show other drivers to steer clear of our vehicle, there are no real brakes on a boat...especially when you're being pulled on the tube, umpire shorts ARE fashionable, blue eyes do sparkle and laughs are contagious. Thank you for giving me some of the best friends I could have ever asked for...and best childhood memories. You were like another parent to me, and I will miss you and your sense of humor, witty personality, and kind heart.
All my love.
The Sharritt Family
June 16, 2010
Your dad was a great person and is going to be missed dearly.
Kathy Briggs
June 16, 2010
I Love You John, I would of never believed in a thousand years that God would of took you from us, this goes to show everyone how short life really is. We take life for granted, only to have something this terrible to wake us all up. I know my brother is in heaven, no more pain or worries, laughing and rejoicing with our mother,father,step-mother and grandparents and last but not least our heavenly father up above. I miss you so much bro, may you rest in peace, Love always and forever your little sister Kathy
Jennifer Dalrymple
June 15, 2010
Jessica and Family:
Your father sounds like a wonderful man and an inspiration to those around him. Our hearts go out to you during this difficult time!
With Love,
Keith, Jen & Connor Dalrymple
Jessica Cunningham Baxter
June 15, 2010
My Dad was the very best Dad a girl could ask for! I am not just saying that because he was my Dad, I am saying it out of truth! He was a provider...he worked so hard at everything he did and wouldn't stop until it was done. There was never a day that went by that we worried where something might come from. He didn't spoil us...he taught us that you get the things you desire in life by hard work. My Dad was a perfectionist, it showed in everything he did. He wouldn't be satisfied until he reached what he felt was absolute perfection! He had a huge heart. Even though he didn't always express his feelings we always knew what we meant to him. He would give the shirt off his back to the deserving. He wasn't afraid to cry. Many times he got emotional over something simple. He was funny! He was the family comedian. When he told a story it wasn't just a story, it was a play, a reinactment. He told stories so well that you were at the edge of your seat waiting for more. He was the root of our family. He provided strength, comfort, support, love and genuineness. He is what kept us all going.
I can go on and on about my Dad, he was an amazing man by far! I am so proud to have him as my Dad! Words cannot express the love and sadness that my heart feels right now. I know he is still with me, he is in my heart but it just isn't the same. I miss his smile, his smell, his loud voice and his hugs and kisses.
I love you Dad and I miss you more than words could ever describe!
Jess
Theresa Jacobs-Alphonso
June 15, 2010
It was with a sad heart that I heard that John had passed away. I have many, many happy and funny memories from my childhood of John that I will now treasure more than ever. I wish now that we had of kept in touch somehow but over the years we all drifted apart. We all believe we have tomorrow to see someone or talk to them but John's passing just taught me a hard lesson. To all of his family I send my condolences. He will be missed. I share in your loss.
Jamie Austin
June 15, 2010
Dad, You are the most amazing man I know. I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to be called your daughter. You are so loved and cherished forever in my heart. I love you.
Laurie Drago
June 15, 2010
Sally, I am so sorry, Please call me, I love you, Im sorry I never got to know John.My heart goes out to you and your family. Laurie, Mic, and Steve
Sallie Cunningham
June 15, 2010
In loving memory of my Husband.
Where do I find the words to express how I feel about you. You were my rock, my husband, my friend, my everything. What I would have givin to have at least 30 more years with you, and then some. You will be so missed in my life and our family. You were the rock of our family. Family was always number 1 to you, always worrying about the future. You were my Jack of all trades.There was nothing you couldn't do. You were my Hero and always will be. You made me so proud to be your wife. You were the Best Man, Dad , and Friend a family could've ever asked for.I loved you then, now, and forever. Your loving wife, Sallie
Travis Barnett
June 14, 2010
were so sorry to here about john i always liked john and he wil be missed dearly god bless u and your family if u need anything just call us at anytime
less and family
June 12, 2010
Sallie, I'm so sorry to hear about your husband and my brother John. My heart goes out to you and the rest of the family. Just remember God is there for us,to give us the comfort and peace that we need at this time. All we have to do is ask and pray. You are in my thoughts and prayers. I Love You.. Linda
June 10, 2010
Sally,
I was so sorry to hear about John. My heart goes out to you and your family. My prayers are with you and the kids. Please know if there's anything I can ever do, please let me know.
Wendy Hambey
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