Obituaries

Margaret Louise Harlan Cantrell Margaret Louise Cantrell went home to be with the Lord at the age of 90 Sunday October 23 2011 peacefully at her home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born December 8 1920 in Gordenville Texas to Alden and Beulah (Johnson) Harlan. The family moved to Altus Ok. where she received her education. In 1938 her family moved to Denison TX where she met her husband James Cantrell. On January 6 1940 James and Margaret were married in a double ceremony with James" brother at First Baptist Church in Denison. Margaret and her husband moved to Dallas TX where she went to school for accounting. Margaret was an accountant and the assistant to the head comptroller at Oil Well Supply for many years. In 1965 she and her husband moved their family back to Sherman where they started their business Texoma Bearings & Supplies. They operated their business successfully for fifteen years opening other locations in Dallas and Ardmore OK. In 1980 Margaret and James retired selling their business to Motion Industries. Margaret was a charter member of Trinity Baptist Church in Sherman where she was active in teaching Sunday school. She enjoyed crocheting and knitting traveling and time with her family. She and her husband were members of the Texas Wagon Trail Association. They rode in the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial 3 000 mile Trail Ride outlining the Texas borders in their covered wagon pulled by their two Belgian horses Tom and Jerry along with 106 other wagons and 291 horseback riders. The trail ride pulled out of Sulpher Springs on January 2nd heading down into the Valley out through the Davis Mountains to El Paso up through the Panhandle to Amarillo down along the Red River Valley ending up in the stockyards in Fort Worth on July 3rd. Margaret is survived by her loving husband James Louis Cantrell of 71 years daughter Brenda Joyce Webb Fish of Sherman and husband Keith son Gary Cantrell and wife Debra of Sherman grandchildren David Webb and wife Amanda of San Antonio Carla Murrin and husband Tim of Sherman Sue Fenley and husband Drew of Sherman great-grandchildren Danielle Webb of San-Antonio Tyler Rose and Webb Fenley of Sherman brothers Wayne Harlan of Anadarko OK and older sister Mae Crossman of Orange County CA as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents infant son Jimmy brothers David and Lynn sisters Wilma Wiladean and Pauline. Services for Mrs. Cantrell will be held at 11:00 am Thursday October 27 2011 at Trinity Baptist Church in Sherman. Rev. Jason Anderson & Rev. Bob Allen will be officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarlawn. Family Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Wednesday October 26 2011 at Dannel Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Lynn Bagley Rick Hill Jay James James Mahon Gary Park and Robert Zischkale. The family would like to thank Margaret"s Hospice aide Shannon for her devotion and loving care of their beloved wife & mother and the staff of Victory Home Health and Hospice of Sherman. Condolences may be registered online at www.dannelfuneralhome.com The family requests in lieu of flowers donations be made to Trinity Baptist Church in Margaret Louise Cantrell""s name. .