Austin Lee Cantrell's Obituary
Services will be 2:00 PM Monday, May 20, 2019 in Calvary Christian Fellowship Church in Shamrock with Bro. Joseph Vallejos, officiating. Burial will follow in Shamrock Cemetery in Shamrock.
Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 PM Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Robertson Funeral Directors, 514 North 10th Street in Memphis.
Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Memphis.
Austin Lee Cantrell, 88, was born November 6, 1930 in Collingsworth County to Charley and Stella Aronhault Cantrell. He went to his Heavenly Home on May 15, 2019.
Due to his father's illness, he took over the majority of their family farm operation when he was 16 years of age and continued to farm and ranch in Collingsworth County until his retirement at age 57.
Austin married Ruth Ackley Williams on December 7, 1956. They were married 55 years before she preceded him in death on June 6, 2011.
He is survived by his son Jerry Lynn Cantrell and wife Linda of Rowlett, Texas and his daughter, Dianna Mae Williams-Cantrell Wiginton and husband Larry of Memphis, Texas. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Justin Cantrell, Deborah McAnear, Lee Wiginton, Stephanie Nichols and their spouses, as well as, 10 great grandchildren, Austin, Jackson, Benjamin, Mackenzie, Josalyn, Cabel, Cody Lee, Camryn, Brooklyn, and Lily.
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