POUND, VA- Joseph Harold Cantrell, 85, passed away Saturday July 12, 2025 from Norton Community Hospital-Norton, VA. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born to the late Early and Veatrice (Robinson) Cantrell on August 30,1939 in Pound, VA

Joe was of the Christian faith. He was carpenter by trade and loved the smell of fresh cut wood. He enjoyed going hunting, fishing,

and going to a good chicken fight back in his younger days. He loved

horses his whole life, he loved trail rides, he loved raising horses,

caring for his horses, heck he probably even enjoyed shoveling the stalls and cleaning up after them. He still had 3 of them Jube, Little

Bit and Breeze. Joe loved tinkering in his workshop and making knives, later in life he watched a lot of the old tv shows with westerns, Bonanza and Gunsmoke being his favorites.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Timothy Wayne Cantrell; a sister, Connie Akers; brothers, Arnold Cantrell, Jack Cantrell, Tom Cantrell and Dale Cantrell.

Survivors include his daughter, Melissa Sowards (Ricky)-Pound, VA and Michelle Cantrell-Broadhead, KY ;  his son, Anthony Cantrell

(Vivan)- Leesburg, VA; grandchildren, Evan Cantrell, Kady Sowards,

Amber Shackleford, James Caudill, JR Cantrell and Justin Cantrell, Brandy Moon, Jessie Akers and Joshua Taylor; several great-grand-

children; a sister, Noveda Davis-Fort Washington, MD; brothers, Kenneth Cantrell (Ella)-Wise, VA and Raymond Cantrell- St Paul,

VA; Jeanette Morazzani Cantrell; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins; special friends Bo and Trina Wright , Thomas (Texas) and James Hubbard; and a host of friends and loved ones to mourn his passing.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 pm Wednesday July 16, 2025 in the Baker Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Randy Carter

officiating. The family will receive friends from 12 noon until time of services.

Burial and graveside services will follow in the Eli Mullins Cemetery on Sock Road in Pound, VA where Anthony Cantrell, Ricky Sowards,

J R Cantrell, Roger "Nub" Cantrell, Josh Taylor, Guy Akers, Bo Wright and James Hubbard will serve as pallbearers.

Baker Funeral Home- Pound, VA is serving the family of Joseph Harold Cantrell.