77 year old Matty Frances Cantrell of Smithville died Wednesday at her residence. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 374 for 50 years. She was a Worthy Grand Matron and was selected to serve as Worthy Grand Ruth for the Tennessee Grand Chapter in Nashville. The funeral will be Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Mark Pafford and John Purdue will officiate and burial will be in the Whorton Springs Cemetery. A public Eastern Star service will be held Friday at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will be Friday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from noon until the time of the service at 1:00 p.m. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Cantrell and parents, Clifton B. and Jodie White Cantrell. Survivors include a daughter, Gail C. Poss of Smithville. A granddaughter, Michelle Poss and her husband Clifton B. Sobel, Jr. of Murfreesboro. The First United Methodist Church Wednesday morning prayer group and Friendship Sunday School Class will be the honorary pallbearers.
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