Janie Frances Cunningham
Janie was born March 24, 1929, in Fouke, Arkansas, and has been a lifetime resident of Miller County. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church and retired owner of Janie’s Tall Salon and Janie’s Fried Pies.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Amanda Cornett; her husband, Joe Cunningham; three sons, LeDane Sims, Jimmy Sims, and Burl Sims; two grandchildren, Michael Sims and Chance Sasser; and ten siblings.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Elaine and Hershel Wayne Flanagan, of Texarkana, Arkansas; one brother, Allen Cornett; eight grandchildren: Kellie Sasser, Tammie Luthringer, Greg Flanagan, Marla Sims, Lee Sims, Chris Sims, Lydia Harrison, Dewayne Sims; sixteen great-grandchildren, and eleven great-great-grandchildren.
Janie enjoyed travel and visited the Holy Land, Venezuela, Alaska, and numerous cruises where she made friends from all over the world.
A celebration of her life will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday at the Texarkana Funeral Home Arkansas Chapel, with Rev. Wallace Edgar officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends on Thursday from 1:00 P.M. until service time.
Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 800 Marshall, Little Rock, AR 72202 or to Alzheimer’s Alliance, 100 Memory Lane, Texarkana, Texas, 75503.