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 1923 - 2004 (80 years)
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| Name |
Norman Adron Cantrell |
| Birth |
5 Mar 1923 |
DeKalb County, Tennessee  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
WW II Veteran USNavy [3] |
| Death |
14 Feb 2004 |
Centertown, Warren County, Tennessee [2, 3] |
| Burial |
Unity Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee [3] |
| Person ID |
I19312 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
21 Oct 2015 |
| Father |
Zollie Adron Cantrell, b. 2 Mar 1887, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 16 Mar 1985, DeKalb County, Tennessee (Age 98 years) |
| Mother |
Shirlie Clay Love, b. 22 Dec 1898, DeKalb County, Tennessee d. 6 Jun 1980, River Park Hospital, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 81 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Jun 1915 |
Hurricane Creek, DeKalb County, Tennessee [4] |
| Family ID |
F6061 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Hattie Jo Page, b. 16 Nov 1932, Warren County, Tennessee d. 13 Mar 2017, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Aug 1951 |
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee [5] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F6886 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Centertown resident and DeKalb County native Norman Adron Cantrell, 80, died Feb. 14.
A full-time farmer with considerable knowledge and fondness for horses, a profound love for the land, and a deep respect for the old ways, he was an accomplished whip maker and plaited whips used for farm work for 50 years. During the last decade, he was a highly regarded watermelon farmer.
He also worked over 20 years with Carrier in Morrison as a forklift operator and worked 10 years with the Warren County Sanitation Department, working at Centertown until a few weeks before his death. He served on the USS LST-681 during the invasions of Okinawa Gunto and Lingayan Gulf and participated in the occupation of Japan on the minesweeper USS Ruddy. He was a member of Unity Church of Christ.
The son of Zollie and Shirlie Love Cantrell, he is survived by his wife of 52 years, Hattie Jo Page Cantrell; sons, Brent of Knoxville, Randall and his wife Brenda of Smithville, Jeffery and longtime friend, Shelley of Rock Island; daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn J. and Mark Henry of Centertown; grandchildren and their spouses, Valerie and Tony Smith, Brandy and Grayson Cantrell, Alexander, Natalie and Wesley Hennessee; great-grandchildren, Aaron, Christopher, and Brittany Smith; brothers and sisters-in-law, Reed, Gordon and Jane Ann, Royce and Bennie; sisters and brothers-in-law, Josie Love, Elizabeth Lafever, Gladys and Claude Buck, Rubye Cantrell, Joyce Crosslin, Linda and Baxter Hillis; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at McMinnville Funeral Home with Chris Mears officiating. Burial will follow at Unity Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 11 a.m. until time of service Monday at McMinnville Funeral Home.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Feb. 15, 2004 [3]
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- [S22920] Mrs. Cantrell,obituary,"Southern Standard",June 9,1980,.
- [S8100] "Brent Cantrell", pedigree abstracted from FamilyTreeDNA, October 13, 2015, cantrellb@jubileearts.org.
- [S8200] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cantrell&GSfn=norman&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2004&GSdyrel=in&GSst=45&GScn.
- [S41273] "Cantrells Observe 60th Wedding Anniversary","Southern Standard",July,2,1975, (Reliability: 3).
- [S4760] Norman & Jo Cantrell, personal knowledge/telephone interview, 7298 Nashville.
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