Our beautiful friend, Charlene Cunningham, was born on September 3, 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee. Charlene went home to be with Jesus on August 19, 2020 at Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. She became part of the Hilltopper family in 1995. She would have been 65 on September 3, her birthday and her favorite day of the year.

Charlene was preceded in death by her best friend Miss Frankie June Davis.

Even though we know she is with Jesus and June now, Charlene will live on forever in the hearts of us that loved her. Her Hilltopper family will miss her beautiful soul and million-dollar smile. Seeing the joy and pleasure on her face when she was eating fried chicken and butterbeans, her giggle when Frances called her “Dinnerbucket” and her just getting tickled for no reason at all. Her house family misses watching her dance to Michael Jackson and saying, “Let’s go somewhere” and watching her bow her head with her hands clasped in prayer and quietly saying, “Jesus wept.”

Thank you, Charlene, for allowing us to share in the joy and love you brought to our lives.

A memorial service for Charlene will be held on Friday, September 18, 2020 at 10:00 with Michael Lowery officiating at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home.