Marcel Lee Cantrell's Obituary
Graveside services for Marcel Lee Cantrell, 79, of Longview will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, August 12, 2011 at Grace Hill Cemetery with the Reverend Shinia Kelsey officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Longview. She passed away Tuesday, August 9, in a Longview nursing facility after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Cantrell was born August 16, 1931 in Nacogdoches County, TX to Boston and Comal Watson and had been a resident of Longview since the early 1950's. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her daughter, Meredith Canon.
Those left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Desiree Stephens and husband James of Longview; Cecelia Bishop and husband Jim of Houston; grandchildren, Amber and Andrew Canon, Lucas Harper and wife Laura, Erica Hopkins and husband Sam, and Kyle Stephens and wife Jennifer; great granddaughter, Ava Hopkins; sister Ruth Shallow; and brother, Jimmy Byrd.
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