Funeral service for Charlotte Ann Cunningham Newton will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 27, 2023 in the First Baptist Church, Snyder, Oklahoma with Chaplain Erin Martinez, Jackson County Hospice, Altus, Oklahoma officiating.

Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder, Oklahoma under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home of Snyder.

The family will greet friends Sunday afternoon from 3pm until 5pm at the funeral home.

The service may be viewed by following the livestream link at www.beckerfuneral.com or by visiting the Becker-Rabon Facebook page.

Charlotte Ann Cunningham Newton, 88, of Snyder, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 in Altus, Oklahoma.  She was born on the family farm on August 29, 1934 in Kiowa County, Oklahoma to Howard Oregon and Jonnie (Coker) Van Cleave.  Although she started school at the Richland Country School, she graduated from Snyder High School.  After graduation she was a telephone operator for "Ma Bell" until she married Lee F. Cunningham on July 16, 1953.  She worked hard as a farm wife until she began working in the Snyder Schools lunchroom program.  She loved feeding the kids and later in life was always proud when a graduate would come back to give "Miss Ann" a hug and a thank you for the meals.  When Lee passed away in 1993, she retired and moved to town.  Many Snyder residents would honk and wave at her as she worked in her beautiful garden and green lawn.  She loved being a member of the Snyder Study group and enjoyed being hostess for "Study Group Day".  She had many friends in the Ladies Bible Study group here in Snyder and even when her health and hearing wouldn't let her attend church services, she would "sneak in" for Bible study with them.

Ann is survived by her three daughters and families, Alicia Rasco and husband William, grandsons Lee, Scott, great grandson Korbyn and great granddaughter Gabrielle, daughter Betty Ward and husband Don, grandson Calen Ward of Pembroke Pines, Florida, granddaughter Dr. Rachel Ward and husband Dr. Chris McDowell, great granddaughter Layla, great grandson Bruce, all of Willow Springs, North Carolina, daughter Delana Martin, grandsons Chase of OKC, Cory and wife Andrea, great granddaughter Emma and great grandson Sebastian of Dallas, Texas, her sister Effie Shipman and husband Kenneth, and a host of nieces, nephews and their families.

Ann is proceeded in death by her parents, husbands,  Lee Cunningham and Joe Newton, brother Steve, sisters, Dorothy, Louise, Evalu, Dora Lee and nephew Joe Jarrett.