MELVA JEWELL CANTRELL
1942-2009
Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 18, 2 p.m. at the Jones-
Preston Funeral Home Chapel for Melva “Malverie” Jewell Salyers
Cantrell, 66, of Paintsville, Ky., who passed away Tuesday, April 14
at Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville.
Mrs. Cantrell was born June 6, 1942 in Johnson County, Ky., daughter
of the late Simmie and Ethel Tackett Salyers. She was a homemaker.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Morris Cantrell;
two sisters; and one grandson. Surviving are two sons, Ronnie Cantrell
of Swamp Branch, Ky., and Tim Cantrell of Ashland, Ky.; two daughters,
Sheila Lynn Reed of Sitka, Ky., and Delana Jewell Ratliff of Flat Gap,
Ky.; three brothers, Simmie Salyers Jr. of Louisa, Ky., Donald Salyers
of Staffordsville, and Gale Salyers of Wittensville, Ky.; three
sisters, Rita Cantrell and Christine O’Bryan, both of Staffordsville,
and Mary Blanton of Volga, Ky.; and 12 grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren.
The service will be officiated by Grant Cantrell and Jeff Baldwin,
with burial following in the Highland Memorial Park at Staffordsville.
Arrangements under the direction of the Jones-Preston Funeral Home of
Paintsville.
Paintsville Herald
Friday
Apr.17 2009
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