Tanya Cunningham

Tanya Cunningham, 48, of Port Arthur, Texas died Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. Tanya was born September 25, 1961 in Hemphill, Texas to Leon Cunningham and Mary Jean Rice. She was a resident of Port Arthur for one year and previously lived in Temple, Texas for 12 years and other parts of Texas. She was a special education teacher for the Killeen ISD and also a member of First Christian Church of Temple, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00p.m., Sunday, December 20, 2009 at Levingston Funeral Home in Groves, Texas. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park. A visitation for family and friends will be held on Saturday evening from 4:00p.m.-6:00p.m. at the funeral home. Tanya was preceded in death by her great-grandmother, Gladys Smith Jordan and grandfather, Lester Ener. Survivors include her mother, Mary Jean Rice of Port Arthur; daughter, Abigail Mary Wissinger of College Station; grandmother, Helen Ener of Port Arthur; aunt, Betty Straton of Port Arthur; aunts and uncles, Ruth and Augustan Gaspard , Angie and Steve Locke , Greg and Tammy Ener all of Lufkin; uncle, Bill Ener of Houston; cousins, Cliff Craig of Port Arthur, Derek Barlow of Lufkin, Shandi , Johnny and Logan Chapa of Groves, Allen Thibodeaux of Nederland, and Gregory and Terri Ener of Lufkin.