Cynthia Louise Antone

CYNTHIA ANTONE, age 54, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 3, 2020 at The Pearl at Dallas memory care facility in Dallas, GA. Cynthia was born April 1966 in Las Cruces and attended Loma Heights Elementary, Alameda Junior High; she was a proud 1984 graduate of Mayfield High School and an New Mexico State University alumna.

Through high school, she was a cheerleading athlete; she was proud that her Mayfield squad was one of first in country to attempt third layer pyramid routine, and due to her size, strength and agility, was the top person in the stack. Cynthia always had passion of music and dancing. Starting with working concerts at the Pan-American Center, she parlayed that into her early career in merchandising concert sales. She toured with Garth Brooks and eventually, she became a store manager for Hastings Books & Records for several years, with stints in Washington DC and Albuquerque.

Cynthia and Joseph met in 1995; she worked as Accounting Manager for family warehouse business in Albuquerque. They married in 1998 and soon after Mattie’s birth, moved to Roanoke, VA to be near her family, where she finished her career as HR manager for Magic City Ford. She participated fully Mattie’s activities in Patrick Henry HS marching and orchestral band, as well as club/school soccer goalkeeping mom.

Around 2014, Cynthia's health problems forced her to quit working. Despite dealing with health issues, she brought her bright smile and pure happiness to everyone she met. After employer relocation moved to Atlanta area in 2016, two years later, she was placed in Memory Care, where we cared and supported her in her final years.

Cynthia is survived by her husband Joseph and daughter Mattie of Kennesaw, GA; mother Sharon Griffee, sister Karen and husband Rodney Klein; nieces Sophie and Maya, nephew Hunter (all of Athens, WV); niece Haley Augustson and husband Alex Feith of Smyrna, GA. Other survivors include aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was predeceased by her father Galen Griffee, Uncle Arlyn Smith and his wife Joanne Letsinger, Aunt Janet Roche and her husband Tom Roche.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent the support group that helped family:

Dementia Ministry

Due West United Methodist Church

3956 Due West Rd

Marietta, GA 30064

Service arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Hillcrest Funeral Home – West, 5054 Doniphan Dr, El Paso, (915)-587-0202.

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