Waniford Allen Cantrell, age 87 of Smithville passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at NHC Healthcare 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.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pascal Cantrell; his wife, Mary Kathryn Colvert Cantrell; and son and daughter-in-law, Sean and Darice Cantrell and a brother, Bernard 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 and a brother, Jack Cantrell of Smithville. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Funeral service was held Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Dr. John Carpenter officiated with entombment following inĀ DeKalb Memorial Gardens.
Serving as pallbearers were Peyton Cantrell, Jim Besheares, JW Cantrell, Sean Cantrell, John Cantrell, and Michael Braswell.
Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Smithville, was in charge of the arrangements.