Anna Cunningham, 84, of Port Charlotte, Florida, passed on July 13, 2023. Anna was born on January 01, 1939, in Richmond Virginia to the late Aaron and Sammy Rebecca Cunningham. She received Jesus Christ as her savior early in her childhood, at First Union Baptist Church in Chesterfield County Virginia. Anna graduated from Hickory Hill High School in Chesterfield County in 1933, she was a member of their basketball team. She met and married Raymond Austin and that union resulted in the births of their four children, Wilbur, Floyd, Florence and Wayne.

Anna and family relocated to New Jersey where she furthered her education at Passaic County Vocational School of Nursing in Patterson, N.J. Anna attended Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Rutherford, New Jersey where she was a deaconess and a member of the Las Social Belle Club. Later in life, Anna married Carlton Payne. In 1983, Anna retired from Preakness Healthcare Center in Wayne, New Jersey. She relocated to Port Charlotte, Fla., where she found a loving community in the members of Family Church.

Anna was preceded in death by her parents, Aaron and Sammy Rebecca, husbands Raymond and Carlton, one son Floyd, three brothers Frank, Edward Lee and John, two sisters Edith Campbell and Gladys Williams, and three grandsons Donald Austin, Avery Cunningham and Schuyler McAndrews. Dorothy is survived by her sons Wilbur Austin of Richmond, Va., Wayne (Lucille) Austin of Port Charlotte, and daughters Florence Jones of Punta Gorda, Fla., Shelly McAndrews of Stroudsburg, Pa., Juliet Payne of Punta Gorda, Tuesian Allicock of Port Charlotte, Arlene John of London, England, daughter in law Minnie-Austin of Port Charlotte, and first cousin Arthur Bentley Jr. of Miami, Fla.