Ruby Pauline "Aunt Polly" Cunningham, 94, of Madisonville, KY passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, IN.

She was born on December 23, 1921 in Madisonville to the late Jeanette Mae Cates and Lennie Cates. Pauline retired as a lunch room manager from Hall Street School and worked at Country Cupboard in Madisonville. She enjoyed baking and loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Pauline was a member of Salem Primitive Baptist Church in Madisonville for eighty years.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Cunningham; son, Jerry Wallace Cunningham; three brothers; and four sisters.

Survivors include her daughter, Alice Baker of Madisonville; son, David Lynn Cunningham and wife, Mildred of Madisonville; sister, Emma Hickey of Marion, KY; grandsons, William Bishop, Jr., James Wallace Bishop and David Eugene Cunningham; granddaughters, Karen E. Cunningham and Beth Ann Munger; great-granddaughters, Jennifer Alexander, Keliana Freeman and Anna Munger; great-grandson, Aaron Munger; two great-great-grandsons; and several nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, 2016 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Bro. Jeff Winfrey officiating. Burial to follow at Olive Branch Cemetery in Hanson, KY.

Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the funeral hour Thursday at the funeral home.