Obituary

Mary Rebecca Eakin Cantrell, 97, of Plainview, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 at First Baptist Church Family Life Chapel with Dr. Tim Marrow officiating and Mr. Danny Andrews assisting. Arrangements are under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview.
Mary was born Feb. 7, 1915 in Running Water, one of eight children born to John Perry and Mary Elizabeth (Daisy) Monsey Eakin, early settlers of Hale County. She grew up in the Running Water Community and graduated from high school there. She married Vernon Taylor Cantrell on May 14, 1932 in Clovis, NM. Vernon died in 1979. Mary lived all her life in Hale County, mainly the Prairieview and Providence communities northeast of Plainview. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Mary is survived by a son, Vernon Cantrell, Jr. and wife Beth of Apple Springs; two daughters, Linda Parks and Sandy Lindeman and husband Herman all of Plainview; three grandchildren, Craig and Jessica Parks of Katy, Dondi and Kyle Walker of Possum Kingdom and Cody Lindeman of Plainview; four great grandchildren, Allison and Emily Parks, and Madison and Kalon Walker; one sister-in-law, Betty Dillon of Nevada City, Calif. as well as several nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband; her parents, John and Mary Eakin; two sisters, Coila Eakin and Eva Hoover; three brothers, Ward, John and O'Keefe Eakin and a sister and brother who died in infancy.
The family suggests memorials be made to John Coleman Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Sam Coleman, 1545 S. IH 27-87, Hale Center, TX 79041 or First Baptist Church, 205 W. 8th Street, Plainview, TX 79072