Christine Cantrell

Christine Mylinda Cantrell, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 24, 2004, at the Lutheran Home.

She was born Oct. 29, 1921, at Hayti, Mo., daughter of William Walter and Grace Bell Terrett Brasher. She and Eugene Cantrell were married March 12, 1938, in Cape Girardeau.

Cantrell was reared in Cape Girardeau. She had worked at J.J. Newberry and Big Star Market. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband; a son, the Rev. Robert Cantrell of Mayfield, Ky.; a daughter, Janet Wills of O'Fallon, Mo.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Richard Krueger officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park.