Nancy Cantrell (94), faithful wife and loving mother passed away Sep. 15, 2021, 1 p.m. at home. She was born Aug. 10, 1927, in Kansas City, MO, the oldest of Nancy Mildred "Muriel" (Boyts) & William Lester Garton's eight children.   She married Lloyd Alexander Cantrell on June 21, 1944 and they enjoyed 56 years together.  They raised three children, Karen Arleen & David Lloyd Cantrell and William Lester "Bill" Garton III.

Nancy taught at a one room school while Lloyd was in the Navy during WWII. After the war, Lloyd & Nancy farmed in Niangua, MO before moving to Springfield.  She worked as a clerk on the square at dime stores, and later  worked at Lily Tulip (which became Fort Howard, Sweetheart, Owens-Illinois) before retiring from O-I in 1987.  After retirement, she & Lloyd enjoyed winters in Venice, FL and had many close friends at Rambler's Rest.  Nancy loved traveling to all 50 states, Canada, & other countries with Alaska being her favorite destination.  She enjoyed hobbies from candy making, flower arranging, making pine needle baskets, ceramics,  scrapbooking, & making macrame purses to name a few. She loved to read fiction, but also took time to read her Bible daily.  She was always active in church—usually South Venice Baptist Church, or the services at Rambler's Rest when she was in Florida and Glenstone Baptist Church when home and rarely missed a service.

Nancy was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd A. Cantrell; parents, Lester & Muriel Garton; son David L. Cantrell; granddaughter Leslye Dawn Davis; brothers William Lester Garton Jr, Paul Allen Garton, Harold Gene Garton and Darold Dean Garton; & sister Catherine Stewart.  She is survived by her daughter Karen A. Davis and husband Don, Springfield, MO and son William L. "Bill" Garton and wife, Tammy, of Overland Park, KS; sister Margaret Sherpan, of Plainfield, IL; brother James "Jim" Wesley Garton and wife Betty, of Strafford, MO; sister-in-law Alice Garton of Marshfield, MO; brother-in-law Harold Clyde Cantrell & wife Pam of Marshfield, MO; and her beloved grandchildren, Bradley Jay Davis, Andrew, Madison, McGovern, and Mia Garton and many nieces & nephews. Her memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2021, at Glenstone Baptist Church with Ron Robinson officiating.  Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, Sep. 20, 2021, at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.  Burial will be at Eastlawn Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Glenstone Baptist Church Building Fund, 413 S. Glenstone Ave, Springfield, MO 65802; Missouri Baptist Children's Home, 1837 East Cherry Street, Springfield, MO 65802; or Great Circle, 1212 West Lombard Street, Springfield, MO 65806.