Martha Ann Cooper Mulligan, age 86, went to her eternal home Sunday, January 27, 2019. Visitation will be today, January 29, 2019 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Tuscumbia First United Methodist Church with a graveside service at 3 p.m. at Winston Cemetery. She was the daughter of Catherine and Stephen Cooper; stepdaughter of James Curtis Fennel and the niece of Anna Burt, Elizabeth Burt and Margaret Burt. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Catherine and Isaac Winston, previous owners of the Belle Mont Mansion in Tuscumbia.
She was married for 65 years to her love, Thomas Regnald Mulligan, who never failed to make her laugh.
Her three girls were her pride and joy, Mary Catherine Mulligan Perry (Lanny), Susan Winston Mulligan Rackley (Joe) and Anna Burt Mulligan Gardner (Dannie).
Meemaw, as she was affectionately called, adored her grandchildren and never played favorites. She spent many hours reading and playing with them when they were young and hearing about their lives as they grew older. Left to cherish those memories are James Anthony Moody, Lauralee Gray (Michael), Anna Catherine Dannemann (Randall), Martha Neal Gardner (her namesake), Wesley Winston Rackley (Lacy) and William Wade Rackley.
Great-grandchildren are Brynne Mulligan Rackley, William Joel Rackley and Hazel Mae Dannemann.
