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Betty McBryde Brady, 72
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Updated: Jan 9, 2014, 10:18 PM
Published: Jan 9, 2014, 10:19 PM

Betty McBryde Brady, 72, of Monticello, Ga., died Tuesday, Jan. 7 at home surrounded by her family.
She was born in New Albany, Miss., on Jan. 15, 1941 to Lee E. McBryde and the late Richard O. McBryde Sr. At an early age she and her family moved to Memphis. After a brief courtship, she married Tom M. Brady of McMinnville in February 1962 and they started their marriage in Augusta, Ga. They moved to Monticello in 1963 when Dr. Brady began his dentistry practice.
Mrs. Brady taught second grade at Hephzibah School in Augusta and Monticello Elementary. She was active in her community where she served as a Jasper County Library Board member, Courthouse Renovation Committee member, elections poll worker, Red Cross blood drive volunteer, and Monticello Garden Club member. She served on the Monticello Housing Authority Board for 35 years.
Mrs. Brady was a faithful servant of Monticello Presbyterian Church for 50 years. Her hobbies were gardening, preparing flower arrangements, playing bridge and duplicate with friends and playing tennis with her ALTA Senior Leagues where she served as team captain for 15 years. She enjoyed trips with her tennis friends to play and watch tennis. She traveled to Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Family Circle.
Mimi, as she was known to her grandchildren, traveled throughout Georgia to watch her grandchildren play ball and tennis, cheer, run track, dance, and perform in plays. With great pride and joy, she shared the accomplishments of her grandchildren with her many friends.
Her memory will be forever cherished by her loving husband of 51 years, Tom M. Brady. She is survived by her 98-year-old mother, Lee E. McBryde of Memphis, children Kim (Jay) McMichael of Monticello; Andy (Sonja) Brady of Watkinsville; Scott (Traci) Brady of Monticello; and grandchildren, Brady and Brandi McMichael, Sydney and Drew Brady and Mack, Owen and Harris Brady; brothers, Richard (Donna) McBryde Jr. of Memphis, John McBryde of Crested Butte, Colo.; and sister, Charlotte (Ricky) Cooper of Cordova, and sister-in-law, Geraldine Ritchey of McMinnville; and several nieces and nephews; and many friends.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Monticello Presbyterian Church, 246 E. Washington Street, Monticello, Ga. Interment will follow at West View Cemetery, Westview Street, Monticello, Ga.  Rev. Rindy Trouteaud will officiate.
Jordan Funeral Home of Monticello, Ga., is in charge of arrangements. For more information, visit www.jordanfuneralhomemonticello.com.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 10, 2014
Juanita Walker Cantrell, 96
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Published: Apr 9, 2025, 2:16 AM

Rock Island resident Juanita Walker Cantrell, age 96, was born Sept. 1, 1928 at home in Rock Island and died April 4, 2025 at NHC Healthcare of McMinnville following a brief illness.

Mrs. Cantrell was the last living telephone operator for General Telephone Company and worked at Lentz and Cooper and Martin in the butcher shop before opening Rock Island Nursery with her husband, Lewis Cantrell. She was the first ladies club president at Rock Island. Mrs. Cantrell was of the Baptist faith.

She was the daughter of the late Louis and Martha Jane Welch Walker. Mrs. Cantrell was married July 24, 1947 to Lewis Cantrell who preceded her in death on October 3, 2008. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by sisters, Annie Rose Dickerson and Inez Boren and brothers, L.D. (Ardis), Carl (Frankie Dunn), Leroy and Clifford Walker.

Survivors include son, Danny Lewis (Kathy) Cantrell of Rock Island; daughter, Jo Carolyn (Wayne) Ellis of Seymour; special daughter, Donna Sullivan of Rock Island; grandchildren, Melisa (Jon) Tyus, Angie McCormack, Natasha (Eric) Prater and Kyle (Elizabeth) Cantrell; great-grandchildren, Casey, Cameron and Shelby Sullivan, Niki, Mariah, Micah, Robert and Alana McCormack, Liam Prater, Ander, Rees and Harper Cantrell; great-great grandchildren, Jaxson Sullivan, Odessa and Eleanora Jenkins; sisters-in-law, Virgie Walker and Reba Walker both of McMinnville and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 7, 2025 in High’s Chapel with Melonie Walker Turner to officiate. Interment will follow at Mt. View Cemetery in McMinnville. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. until the time of service at High’s.

Online condolences may be made at www.highfuneralhome.com.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.