Melvin Aaron Cantrell

Marvin Aaron Cantrell was a 40-year-old man from Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia, who died in the Silver Bridge collapse. His wife, Margaret, and friend, Cecil Counts, were also in the car. Margaret survived the incident. He and Margaret had eight children.

Obituaries Given for Bridge Victims
Point Pleasant Register (Point Pleasant, WV) - Published Monday, Dec. 18, 1967; pg. 1

Another victim, Melvin A. Cantrell, 40, of Gallipolis Ferry, will be buried in the Suncrest Cemetery following funeral services at 2 p.m. at the Crow-Hussell Funeral Home with the Rev. Don McMellon officiating.

Mr. Cantrell was an employee of the West Virginia State Road Commission in Mason County. He was born Feb. 13, 1927, in Kanawha County, a son of Mrs. Gladys Vandal Cantrell of Charleston and the late Romie Ray Cantrell.

His wife, Mrs. Margaret Cantrell, 32, is being treated for shock at Holzer Hospital.

Additional survivors include the step-father, W.A. Cantrell of Charleston; four daughters, Misses Lolita, Dora, Juanita and Nancy Cantrell, and three sons, David, Terry and Keith Cantrell, all at home; and a brother, Shirley Ray Cantrell of Charleston.