Obituary Report for July 11, 2003
Centertown resident and Akron, Ohio, native Beverly Dean Shields, 57, died July 10 at her home after an extended illness.
A teacher’s aid and a member of Sunny Hill Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Delcie West of McMinnville and the late Walter E. West.
She is survived by her husband, Joe Shields; daughter, Misti Shields of McMinnville; sons and daughter-in-law, Danny and Sherry Shields of Woodbury, Donnie Shields of McMinnville; daughter-in-law, Sherrie Shields of McMinnville; grandchildren , Jessica Shields, Amber Shields and D.J. Shields; brother, Delbert Spicer of Murfreesboro; and sister-in-law, Ann Logue of McMinnville.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home with Richard Haley officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. View Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 8 a.m. until time of service Saturday at Love-Cantrell & Cope.
Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) July 11, 2003
Mary Pauline Cantrell, 92
Smithville resident Mary Pauline Cantrell, 92, died July 10 at Baptist DeKalb Hospital in Smithville.
A retired school teacher and a member of Keltonburg United Methodist Church, she was a former board member at DeKalb County Farm Bureau for nine years and a secretary with the bureau, a member of the DeKalb Retired Teachers, AARP and Eastern Star.
The daughter of the late Elmer and Cora Thome Morrison, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Cantrell; and two sisters.
She is survived by children, Donna Ray of Spring, Texas, David Cantrell of Smithville, Paul Cantrell of Murfreesboro and Ruby Schrock of McMinnville; grandchildren, Anthony Cantrell, Bryan Schrock, Levy Schrock, Jeff Day and Jean-Marie Gustavsen; 12 great-grandchildren, and sister-in-law, Thelma Redmon of Smithville.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at DeKalb Funeral Chapel with Wallace Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow at Keltonburg Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today and 8 a.m. until time of service Saturday at DeKalb Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Keltonburg Cemetery or the DeKalb County Retired Teachers’ Scholarship Fund.
DeKalb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) July 11, 2003
Lena M. Myers, 84
Beersheba Springs resident Lena M. Myers, 84, died July 10.
A member of Little Creek Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents, Houston and Savannah Wrisner, sons, Parker, Dalton and Ellis Myers, sisters, Julie Coppinger, Willie Fults, Minnie and Alice Sanders, Ruby and Beuna Myers and Eddie McBride.
She is survived by her husband, Cheatum Myers, daughters Mildred and Ruby Kilgore of Beersheba Springs, and Christine Smartt of McMinnville, 14 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Layne Funeral Home in Altamont with minister Ray Gilder officiating and interment at Fults Cemetery. Visitation is 1 to 9 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. till the time of the service Sunday.
Layne Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) July 11, 2003