Binkley, Nancy Cunningham (Cleveland)

  • Friday, April 18, 2014

Nancy Cunningham Binkley, of Cleveland and formerly of Nashville, TN, passed away Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at a local health care facility in Cleveland.

She received her education in the Bristol Tennessee City Schools and graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee where she was a member of Kappa Delta sorority.  After the death of her husband in 1980, Mrs. Binkley built a successful career as an insurance professional in Nashville before retiring to Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1994.  She was a member of Cleveland’s Broad Street United Methodist Church and the Rodgers Class.  She delighted in Cleveland’s Tuesday Bridge Club and established The Blue Stocking Book Club.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Don R. Binkley of Nashville; her parents, Winton Roscoe and Ruth Vermillion Cunningham of Bristol; and her sister, Mary Sue Alley of Tucker, GA.

Mrs. Binkley is survived by her brother and his wife, William Allen Cunningham and Ann Brothers Cunningham of Gallant, AL; her daughter and her husband, Melissa Binkley Reynolds and Dr. William G. Reynolds of Cleveland; her son and his wife, David Winton Binkley and Mary Washburn Binkley of St. Augustine, FL; and five grandchildren, John Mark Reynolds of New York City, William Andrew Reynolds of Washington, DC, Emily Wade Reynolds of Philadelphia, PA, Ruth Harton Binkley and Ann Marie Binkley, both of St. Augustine, FL.

Burial will be Saturday, April 19, at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on Lebanon Pike in Nashville, TN.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Broad Street United Methodist Church’s “Unity Center Renovation Fund”.

Ralph Buckner Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.

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