July 4, 2024
Mrs. Vera Fay Cantrell, age 86 of Smithville, passed away peacefully at her residence early Thursday morning. She attended First Free Will Baptist Church in McMinnville and was a homemaker.
She was born on January 1, 1938 in McMinnville to her parents, the late Christopher Columbus and Cleo Eugena Luna Young. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Cantrell; siblings, Leonard Ray Young, Lynburg Young, Junior Young, Christine Clemmons, and Minibell Medley; 2 grandchildren; Johnny Earl Cantrell and Christie Mullican.
Visitation with the Cantrell family will be on Friday from 4:00 – 8:00pm and on Saturday from 10:00am until the service time at 1:00pm in the chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Bro. Kenneth Kirby will officiate and burial will follow in Young Cemetery in Keltonburg.
Survivors include 7 children, Johnny Alton Cantrell, Charlotte (Lee) Bandy, Melba Vinca, Pat (Mark) Milam, Fran (Tim) Ervin, Mark (Regina) Cantrell, and Donna (Mark) Pedigo; grandchildren, Johnathan Cantrell, Brian Roberts, Greg Roberts, Tasha Bandy, Sandy Spurlin, Amanda Parsley, Heather Caldwell, Vanessa Lance, Leslie Bounds, Bradley Mullican, Jenny Menix, Crystal Hale, Austin Hale, Johnny Barber, Gage Ervin, Eric Barber, Miranda Cantrell, Buddy Cantrell, Mark Pedigo Jr., Tiffany Pedigo, Morgan Bragg, Makenzie Bly, Bailey Bly, Jayson Knowles and Morgan Pedigo; 1 brother, Earl Young; several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; special nieces, Linda Richardson and Barbara Madewell; special caretaker, Nicki Bass.
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements