John Wayne Cunningham, age 75, of Lebanon, passed away on January 4, 2025. The Funeral Service, conducted by Brother Danny Sellars, is 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 8, 2024 in the chapel of Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN. Interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers: Chad Cunningham, Corey Cunningham, Tommy Kennedy, Will Kennedy, Waylon Kennedy, Caden Baird, Dustyn “Cody” Gannon, and Tyler Baird. Honorary Pallbearers: Grandchildren. The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. and on Wednesday from noon until the service at 2 p.m.
John Wayne Cunningham was born in Lebanon TN to Dorothy Helen Thomlinson Cunningham and Dallas Gordon Cunningham. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1970s. John Wayne enjoyed singing and playing guitar as part of a band. He was a member of the Temple Baptist Church then Mt. Juliet Church of God. He is preceded in death by his wife Sylvia Presley Cunningham, parents Dorothy Helen and Dallas Gordon Cunningham, and sister Helen Miller. He is survived by children: Tracy (Brandon) Weitzel, Angela (John) Puckett, Robert Birdwell, and Chad Shearl; grandchildren: Ashlee Mullins, Kayla Baird, Tyler Baird, Caden Baird, Chloe Weitzel, Dustyn “Cody” Gannon, Ashley Pucket, Logan Pucket, Steven Birdwell, and Presley Birdwell; siblings: Norma Jean “Fuzzy” (Mike) Gregory, Doyle “Beebo” (Machelle) Cunningham, and Teresa (Ron) Robinson; and many loving great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN, 615.444.9393.
