Carolyn Marie (Malone) Cantrell

Carolyn Malone Cantrell was born August 2, 1941, in Huntsville, AL to Benjamin and Eileen Malone.  She attended school in Huntsville and Hazel Green High School where she met her husband, Roy.

Carolyn retired from Chrysler, Huntsville Electronics Division where she served as an officer of the United Auto Workers Union and advocated for a safe and fair workplace.

She and Roy loved to travel and took many trips around the United States and abroad.  They were big University of Alabama fans and traveled to many home and away games. She also enjoyed time on the boat at their lake house on the Tennessee River.

She was a member of Bevills Chapel Baptist Church in Hazel Green.

She was preceded in death by her son, Dennis Bruce Cantrell.

She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Roy O Cantrell, three daughters:  Janet Haenisch (Steve), Huntsville AL; Melody Coston (Doug), Gulf Breeze, FL; and Tina Cantrell, Birmingham AL, two grandchildren: Racheal Brannon (Jeff), Madison AL; and Adam Barnes, Crestview FL, four great-grandchildren: Noah Crutsinger, Jonah Crutsinger, Jackson Barnes and Oliver Barnes.

The family will receive friends on Thursday beginning at 10am at Hazel Green Funeral Home.  Funeral services will follow at 11am with Pastor Benny Berry officiating.  Burial will then be in Bevills Cemetery.

Hazel Green Funeral Home is honored to serve the family.