Annie Mae Tunstill Christopher
Resident of Sunnyvale
Annie Mae (Tunstill) Christopher, 95, of Sunnyvale, California, joined her heavenly father on Friday, May 30th, 2014.
She was born November 11, 1918, in Limestone County, Alabama. A graduate of Athens High School, Athens, Alabama, she attended Athens College, Athens, Alabama for 2 years, completing her Bachelor of Science Degree at Montevallo College, Montevallo, Alabama, and post-graduate studies at Long Beach State College, Long Beach, California.
She was married in Decatur, Alabama to Rowe Francis Christopher of Athens, Alabama on March 13, 1943. Her employment was as a Home Economics Teacher at West Limestone High School; a Substitute Teacher (Grades K-12) in Tucson, Arizona; Secretary for the National Nursing Council, Washington, D.C.; Substitute Teacher, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, California; and Substitute Teacher, Kern County Unified School District, China Lake, California. She was a member of Eastern Star Pentalpha Lodge #194, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Woodmen of the World, and a member of Onizuka Air Station/Moffett Field Chapel, Moffett Field, California.
Mrs. Christopher was preceded in death by her loving husband, Rowe Francis Christopher and her parents, Dora Drucilla Agnes Vaughn Tunstill and Luke Price Tunstill of Athens, Alabama. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, William Elex Tunstill, Theo Tunstill, Leo Tunstill, and two sisters, Sussie Lee Tunstill Black, and Gertrude Tunstill Bowers.
She is survived by her three children, Richard E. Christopher and his wife Evelyn Christopher, Carefree, Arizona, Thomas D. Christopher, Gardnerville, Nevada; and Doris L. Christopher Learn and her husband Thomas R. Learn, Lutz, Florida; two sisters, Vertrude Tunstill Jones, Eutaw, Alabama, and Lucile Tunstill Cimbalo and her husband Lucio L. Cimbalo; 4 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren.
Family Visitation will be held from 6 pm to 9 pm on Friday, June 13, 2014 at McConnell Memorial Funeral Home, 1200 E. Forrest St., Athens, Alabama. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, June 14th at 11 a.m., at McConnell Memorial Chapel, with burial to follow at Athens City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in the memory of Annie Mae Christopher to the American Cancer Society , P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City OK 73123, (800) 227-2345, www.cancer.org; or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675, (855) 448-3997, www.woundedwarriorproject.org/Donate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lima & Campagna Sunnyvale Mortuary, Sunnyvale, CA and McConnell Funeral Home, Athens, AL.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on June 8, 2014.
Resident of Sunnyvale
Annie Mae (Tunstill) Christopher, 95, of Sunnyvale, California, joined her heavenly father on Friday, May 30th, 2014.
She was born November 11, 1918, in Limestone County, Alabama. A graduate of Athens High School, Athens, Alabama, she attended Athens College, Athens, Alabama for 2 years, completing her Bachelor of Science Degree at Montevallo College, Montevallo, Alabama, and post-graduate studies at Long Beach State College, Long Beach, California.
She was married in Decatur, Alabama to Rowe Francis Christopher of Athens, Alabama on March 13, 1943. Her employment was as a Home Economics Teacher at West Limestone High School; a Substitute Teacher (Grades K-12) in Tucson, Arizona; Secretary for the National Nursing Council, Washington, D.C.; Substitute Teacher, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, California; and Substitute Teacher, Kern County Unified School District, China Lake, California. She was a member of Eastern Star Pentalpha Lodge #194, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Woodmen of the World, and a member of Onizuka Air Station/Moffett Field Chapel, Moffett Field, California.
Mrs. Christopher was preceded in death by her loving husband, Rowe Francis Christopher and her parents, Dora Drucilla Agnes Vaughn Tunstill and Luke Price Tunstill of Athens, Alabama. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, William Elex Tunstill, Theo Tunstill, Leo Tunstill, and two sisters, Sussie Lee Tunstill Black, and Gertrude Tunstill Bowers.
She is survived by her three children, Richard E. Christopher and his wife Evelyn Christopher, Carefree, Arizona, Thomas D. Christopher, Gardnerville, Nevada; and Doris L. Christopher Learn and her husband Thomas R. Learn, Lutz, Florida; two sisters, Vertrude Tunstill Jones, Eutaw, Alabama, and Lucile Tunstill Cimbalo and her husband Lucio L. Cimbalo; 4 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren.
Family Visitation will be held from 6 pm to 9 pm on Friday, June 13, 2014 at McConnell Memorial Funeral Home, 1200 E. Forrest St., Athens, Alabama. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, June 14th at 11 a.m., at McConnell Memorial Chapel, with burial to follow at Athens City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in the memory of Annie Mae Christopher to the American Cancer Society , P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City OK 73123, (800) 227-2345, www.cancer.org; or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675, (855) 448-3997, www.woundedwarriorproject.org/Donate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lima & Campagna Sunnyvale Mortuary, Sunnyvale, CA and McConnell Funeral Home, Athens, AL.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on June 8, 2014.
Annie Mae Tunstill Christopher
Resident of Sunnyvale
Annie Mae (Tunstill) Christopher, 95, of Sunnyvale, California, joined her heavenly father on Friday, May 30th, 2014.
She was born November 11, 1918, in Limestone County, Alabama. A graduate of Athens High School, Athens, Alabama, she attended Athens College, Athens, Alabama for 2 years, completing her Bachelor of Science Degree at Montevallo College, Montevallo, Alabama, and post-graduate studies at Long Beach State College, Long Beach, California.
She was married in Decatur, Alabama to Rowe Francis Christopher of Athens, Alabama on March 13, 1943. Her employment was as a Home Economics Teacher at West Limestone High School; a Substitute Teacher (Grades K-12) in Tucson, Arizona; Secretary for the National Nursing Council, Washington, D.C.; Substitute Teacher, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, California; and Substitute Teacher, Kern County Unified School District, China Lake, California. She was a member of Eastern Star Pentalpha Lodge #194, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Woodmen of the World, and a member of Onizuka Air Station/Moffett Field Chapel, Moffett Field, California.
Mrs. Christopher was preceded in death by her loving husband, Rowe Francis Christopher and her parents, Dora Drucilla Agnes Vaughn Tunstill and Luke Price Tunstill of Athens, Alabama. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, William Elex Tunstill, Theo Tunstill, Leo Tunstill, and two sisters, Sussie Lee Tunstill Black, and Gertrude Tunstill Bowers.
She is survived by her three children, Richard E. Christopher and his wife Evelyn Christopher, Carefree, Arizona, Thomas D. Christopher, Gardnerville, Nevada; and Doris L. Christopher Learn and her husband Thomas R. Learn, Lutz, Florida; two sisters, Vertrude Tunstill Jones, Eutaw, Alabama, and Lucile Tunstill Cimbalo and her husband Lucio L. Cimbalo; 4 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren.
Family Visitation will be held from 6 pm to 9 pm on Friday, June 13, 2014 at McConnell Memorial Funeral Home, 1200 E. Forrest St., Athens, Alabama. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, June 14th at 11 a.m., at McConnell Memorial Chapel, with burial to follow at Athens City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in the memory of Annie Mae Christopher to the American Cancer Society , P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City OK 73123, (800) 227-2345, www.cancer.org; or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675, (855) 448-3997, www.woundedwarriorproject.org/Donate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lima & Campagna Sunnyvale Mortuary, Sunnyvale, CA and McConnell Funeral Home, Athens, AL.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on June 8, 2014.
Resident of Sunnyvale
Annie Mae (Tunstill) Christopher, 95, of Sunnyvale, California, joined her heavenly father on Friday, May 30th, 2014.
She was born November 11, 1918, in Limestone County, Alabama. A graduate of Athens High School, Athens, Alabama, she attended Athens College, Athens, Alabama for 2 years, completing her Bachelor of Science Degree at Montevallo College, Montevallo, Alabama, and post-graduate studies at Long Beach State College, Long Beach, California.
She was married in Decatur, Alabama to Rowe Francis Christopher of Athens, Alabama on March 13, 1943. Her employment was as a Home Economics Teacher at West Limestone High School; a Substitute Teacher (Grades K-12) in Tucson, Arizona; Secretary for the National Nursing Council, Washington, D.C.; Substitute Teacher, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, California; and Substitute Teacher, Kern County Unified School District, China Lake, California. She was a member of Eastern Star Pentalpha Lodge #194, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Woodmen of the World, and a member of Onizuka Air Station/Moffett Field Chapel, Moffett Field, California.
Mrs. Christopher was preceded in death by her loving husband, Rowe Francis Christopher and her parents, Dora Drucilla Agnes Vaughn Tunstill and Luke Price Tunstill of Athens, Alabama. She was also preceded in death by three brothers, William Elex Tunstill, Theo Tunstill, Leo Tunstill, and two sisters, Sussie Lee Tunstill Black, and Gertrude Tunstill Bowers.
She is survived by her three children, Richard E. Christopher and his wife Evelyn Christopher, Carefree, Arizona, Thomas D. Christopher, Gardnerville, Nevada; and Doris L. Christopher Learn and her husband Thomas R. Learn, Lutz, Florida; two sisters, Vertrude Tunstill Jones, Eutaw, Alabama, and Lucile Tunstill Cimbalo and her husband Lucio L. Cimbalo; 4 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren.
Family Visitation will be held from 6 pm to 9 pm on Friday, June 13, 2014 at McConnell Memorial Funeral Home, 1200 E. Forrest St., Athens, Alabama. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, June 14th at 11 a.m., at McConnell Memorial Chapel, with burial to follow at Athens City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in the memory of Annie Mae Christopher to the American Cancer Society , P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City OK 73123, (800) 227-2345, www.cancer.org; or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675, (855) 448-3997, www.woundedwarriorproject.org/Donate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lima & Campagna Sunnyvale Mortuary, Sunnyvale, CA and McConnell Funeral Home, Athens, AL.
Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on June 8, 2014.
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