Donald Cantrell
Posted: July 5, 2015
SULLIGENT, Ala. — Donald E. Cantrell, 86, died July 2, 2015, at his residence. Services are Monday at 2 p.m. at Norwood Funeral Home Chapel with Byron Pickering and Jeff Chaffin officiating. Burial will follow at the Gilmore addition of the Sulligent City Cemetery. Visitation is Monday from 1-2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Cantrell was born Oct. 27, 1928, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late Emmett Monroe and Ella Tucker Cantrell. He was a member of Sulligent First Baptist Church and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was formerly employed with Alabama Power Company. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Doug Cantrell. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Nell Franklin Cantrell of Sulligent; son, Donald Bruce Cantrell of Birmingham, Alabama; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.