Former Smithville Mayor Waniford Allen Cantrell passed away Wednesday at NHC of Smithville.  He served as Mayor of Smithville from 1982 to 1986 and was a former member and Chairman of the DeKalb County Board of Education. 

Cantrell, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, was also a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Smithville First United Methodist Church. 

His funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Interment will be in the DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Friday from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until the service at 2 p.m. 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Bernard Pascal and Lillie Cantrell; his wife, Mary Kathryn Colvert Cantrell; and son and daughter-in-law, Sean and Darice Cantrell.  Survivors include sons, Steven and Gloria Cantrell of Fairfax Station, Virginia; and Andrew Todd Cantrell of Franklin.  Grandsons, John and Rae Cantrell of Springfield, Virginia; Steven Andrew and Allison Cantrell of Charleston, South Carolina; and J.W. and Kasey Cantrell of Charleston, South Carolina.  Great Granddaughters, Kathryn Cantrell of Springfield, Virginia and Baley Cantrell of Charleston South Carolina.  Great grandsons, Sean and Peyton Cantrell of Charleston, South Carolina.