Verda M. Cantrell, age 80, Joplin, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2007, at a local nursing center.
Mrs. Cantrell was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Joplin, Mo., to the late Harry C. and Hazel Martin. She attended McKinley and East High and graduated from Joplin High School in 1944. She worked at the former Miller's Garment Factory for many years.
She married Robert A. "Bob" Cantrell on Jan. 20, 1957. They moved to a farm near Clinton, Mo., then onto Kansas City, Mo., for four and a half years. They then moved north of Webb City for 14 years before settling in Joplin in 1984.
At the age of 12, she joined Villa Heights United Methodist Church, where she was a youth leader and sang in the choir. She loved to teach Sunday school and did so for over 25 years, first with the Mount Zion Methodist Church and later with the St. James United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, on Jan. 26, 1988.
She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Vertrice Schreiweis, Euvon White and Nadine Doolen.
Survivors include a brother, Gilbert Martin, Springfield, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Parker Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Bob Simon will officiate. Interment will follow at Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the chapel. The nephews and great-nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society; the American Diabetes Association; or to Crosslines of Joplin, all in care of Parker Mortuary.
Mrs. Cantrell was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Joplin, Mo., to the late Harry C. and Hazel Martin. She attended McKinley and East High and graduated from Joplin High School in 1944. She worked at the former Miller's Garment Factory for many years.
She married Robert A. "Bob" Cantrell on Jan. 20, 1957. They moved to a farm near Clinton, Mo., then onto Kansas City, Mo., for four and a half years. They then moved north of Webb City for 14 years before settling in Joplin in 1984.
At the age of 12, she joined Villa Heights United Methodist Church, where she was a youth leader and sang in the choir. She loved to teach Sunday school and did so for over 25 years, first with the Mount Zion Methodist Church and later with the St. James United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, on Jan. 26, 1988.
She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Vertrice Schreiweis, Euvon White and Nadine Doolen.
Survivors include a brother, Gilbert Martin, Springfield, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Parker Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Bob Simon will officiate. Interment will follow at Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the chapel. The nephews and great-nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society; the American Diabetes Association; or to Crosslines of Joplin, all in care of Parker Mortuary.
Verda M. Cantrell, age 80, Joplin, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2007, at a local nursing center.
Mrs. Cantrell was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Joplin, Mo., to the late Harry C. and Hazel Martin. She attended McKinley and East High and graduated from Joplin High School in 1944. She worked at the former Miller's Garment Factory for many years.
She married Robert A. "Bob" Cantrell on Jan. 20, 1957. They moved to a farm near Clinton, Mo., then onto Kansas City, Mo., for four and a half years. They then moved north of Webb City for 14 years before settling in Joplin in 1984.
At the age of 12, she joined Villa Heights United Methodist Church, where she was a youth leader and sang in the choir. She loved to teach Sunday school and did so for over 25 years, first with the Mount Zion Methodist Church and later with the St. James United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, on Jan. 26, 1988.
She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Vertrice Schreiweis, Euvon White and Nadine Doolen.
Survivors include a brother, Gilbert Martin, Springfield, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Parker Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Bob Simon will officiate. Interment will follow at Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the chapel. The nephews and great-nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society; the American Diabetes Association; or to Crosslines of Joplin, all in care of Parker Mortuary.
Mrs. Cantrell was born Nov. 5, 1926, in Joplin, Mo., to the late Harry C. and Hazel Martin. She attended McKinley and East High and graduated from Joplin High School in 1944. She worked at the former Miller's Garment Factory for many years.
She married Robert A. "Bob" Cantrell on Jan. 20, 1957. They moved to a farm near Clinton, Mo., then onto Kansas City, Mo., for four and a half years. They then moved north of Webb City for 14 years before settling in Joplin in 1984.
At the age of 12, she joined Villa Heights United Methodist Church, where she was a youth leader and sang in the choir. She loved to teach Sunday school and did so for over 25 years, first with the Mount Zion Methodist Church and later with the St. James United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents; she was preceded in death by her husband, Bob, on Jan. 26, 1988.
She was also preceded in death by three sisters, Vertrice Schreiweis, Euvon White and Nadine Doolen.
Survivors include a brother, Gilbert Martin, Springfield, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Parker Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Bob Simon will officiate. Interment will follow at Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the chapel. The nephews and great-nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society; the American Diabetes Association; or to Crosslines of Joplin, all in care of Parker Mortuary.
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