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Leara Ann Cantrell Eggert, 91
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McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native Leara Ann Cantrell Eggert, 91, died April 19 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.She was the daughter of the late Will and Minnie B. Dodson Cantrell; she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Eggert; sister, Wilma Dykes; brothers, Charlie Cantrell and James W. Cantrell; halfbrother, Hershell Brown; halfsisters, Pearl Scott, Margaret Townsend and Eva Cantrell Miller.She is survived by nieces and nephews, family members and friends and special nephew, Ernest J. Cantrell.Services will be held at noon Thursday at High’s Chapel with Ernest Justin Cantrell and Cordell Dykes officiating. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today, and 9 a.m. until time of service Thursday at High’s.High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) April 20, 2011