CANTRELL, Charles R. 1898-1973 Charles R. Cantrell, Sr., 75, a retired tobacco farmer died at
7:45 a.m. Friday, in County Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born in Johnson County,
January 5, 1898, he was a son of Noah and Amanda McKenzie Cantrell. On November 15, 1918, he was
married to Martha Coffee, who survives. Mr. Cantrell and his family came to Coshocton County in
1946. He raised tobacco on his farm in this county until his retirement in 1961. He was a member
of the Church of God. Surviving in addition to his widow are four sons, Paul Cantrell of Gahanna,
OH, Charles R. Cantrell, JR., and Melvin Cantrell, both of Coshocton, and Arlie Cantrell of Las
Cruz, NM, six daughters, Mrs. Ilene Hylton of Columbus, OH, Mrs. Nell Hill of Warsaw, Mrs. Velma
Pierce, Coshocton, Mrs. Jean Guthrie of Millersburg, Mrs. Dorothy Wilson, Coshocton, and Mrs.
Jerry Latham, Coshocton, three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Fyffe of Elna, Mrs. Bessie Hamilton of Red
Bush, and Mrs. Esta Holbrook of Fairborn, OH, along with 37 grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren. Deceased are a twin daughter, four brothers, six sisters, and two granddaughters.
Service was at 2 p.m. Sunday at Dawson Funeral Home by Rev. Wilbur V. McKnight and Rev. Harold G.
Wright. Burial was in Coshocton County Memory Gardens. Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, June 6,
1973