Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After Don and Patsy divorced, he and his children did not remain in contact. His second wife, Betty, had daughters that he helped raise.

Donald married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On his marriage he was described as "of Arthur, Stephens Co., Oklahoma."

He loved music and played both the piano and the fiddle.

The Duncan Banner-Mar. 30, 1984 Elmer Fred Gentry, 82, 2104 Birch, died Friday, March 30, at Duncan Regional Hospital after a sudden illness. Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Westside Church of Christ with Jon Hosch officiating. Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Don Grantham Funeral Home. Born Nov. 6, 1901, in Stephens County, Gentry was a longtime resident of Duncan. He was a farmer, worked at Tinker Air Force Base during World War II and retired from Ridley Packing in 1967. He had been an elder for the Westside Church of Christ for 31 years. Gentry married Hazel Truitt on Sept. 22, 1928. Survivors include his wife, Hazel of the home: a daughter, Juanell Leard of Oklahoma City; a son, Don Gentry of Phoenix; two sisters, Ruth Meeks of Duncan, and Dera Goodwin of California; and seven grandchildren. Bearers will be Alfred Lewis, Sam Stovall, Don Douglas, Charles Bently, Kenneth Nunley and Loyd Cowan. Honorary bearers will be the elders and deacons of the Westside Church of Christ.

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

(Research):Census Listings:

1930 census
Stephens Co. OK King Twp. Duncan city, ED 69-28 Sheet 10B 8
06 Cherry
253/259 Gentry, Elmer F., MW 28 M 26 OK OK OK
Hazel, wife FW 18 M 16 OK TX OK
Juanell L., dau. FW 9/12 S OK OK OK

Elmer married Hazel Truitt on 22 Sep 1928 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. Hazel was born on 14 Jul 1912 in Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 4 Jan 1985 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the daughter of Jesse H. Truitt and Victoria Campbell.

The Duncan Banner: Hazel T. Gentry

Hazel T. Gentry, 72, 2104 Birch died Friday in an Oklahoma City hospital following a long illness. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Westside Church of Christ with Jon Hosch officiating Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Don Grantham Funeral Home.

She was born July 14, 1912, in Alma and was a lifelong resident of Stephens County. She retired in 1977 after 20 years with TG&Y and was a member of the Westside Church of Christ. She married Elmer F. Gentry on Sept. 22, 1928, in Duncan. He preceded her in death in Duncan on March 30, 1964. Survivors include a son, Don Gentry of Phoenix, Ariz. ; a daughter, Juanell Leard of Oklahoma City; a brother, Albert Truitt of Miami,OK; two sisters, Jean Sims of Oneana, Ala., and Bertha Taylor of Eureka, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.

Bearers will be Sam Stovall, Don Douglas, Charles Bentley, Kenneth Nunley, Levi Matlack and Wayne Eden.

(Transcription courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

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Married:
Vol. 11, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 388
Elmer Gentry, 26 years to Hazel Truitt,16 on 9-22-1928 On her marriage she was described as "of Arthur, Stephens Co., Oklahoma." They were married by J. W. Scott