Ada Carol Jones

Notes:

Ada's father (William Starr Jones) used to tell lots of stories about his time in the Southern Army during the Civil War. Her father was born in Alabama and his wife was born in Missouri. Her mother's first name was Portina.

Duncan Eagle, April 25, 1929, page 2.

Mrs. Ada Gentry Death
Victim Resident of County 40 Years
Passed Away Tuesday Night. Funeral Services This Thursday.

Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Gentry, 49 years of age, were held at the First Baptist Church at 2:00 o'clock this Thursday afternoon. Rev. J. J. Ward officiated, with Rev. T. P. Haskins assisting. Arrangements were in charge of Beeson Grantham. Mrs. Gentry passed away Tuesday night at 11 o'clock, at her home about 12 miles east of Duncan. Her 19 year old son, Glen, was killed in an automobile accident east of the city about a year and a half ago. The husband, Frank Gentry, died of pneumonia last June. The deceased was one of the early settlers of what is now Stephens County. She was a daughter of W. S. (Star) Jones, a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, who now lives in Marlow. The Jones family came to this section about 40 years ago, and settled in the vicinity of Arthur. There are two sisters, Mrs Robert Williams and Mrs. Tom Forth, both of Marlow. One brother, John Jones, lives at Mobbtie, Texas. Mrs. Gentry is survived by five children: Rene H., Frankie, June, John and Freeland.

Ada married Franklin Melton Gentry on 17 Sep 1905 in Arthur, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Franklin (son of William Miller Gentry and Mary "Molly" Evelyn Mounts) was born on 24 May 1880 in Texas; died on 11 Jun 1928 in Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
CHICKASAW NATION MARRIAGES ARDMORE COURTHOUSE GROOM INDEX 1895 - 1907

THRELKELD, W R 23 TRAWICK, IDA 24 23 DEC 1900 ALMA

TRAWICK, G A 28 McCAULEY, BELLE 19 13 JUN 1902 ALMA

GENTRY, FRANK M 35 JONES, ADA 26 17 SEP 1905 ARTHUR

CANDREN, THOMAS 23 GENTRY, CARRIE 21 13 FEB 1896 DUNCAN

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1. Rene Hubert Gentry was born about 1907 in Oklahoma; died about 1942; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
2. Glenn William Gentry was born in 1909 in Oklahoma; died about 1927 in Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
3. Frankie Gentry was born in 1911 in Oklahoma.
4. June Margarete Gentry was born on 22 Jun 1913 in Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 11 Jun 2002 in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
5. John Vernon Gentry was born on 11 Mar 1915 in Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 22 Jul 2004 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Velma Cemetery, Velma, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
6. Freeland Norman Gentry was born on 8 Feb 1918 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 13 Dec 1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; was buried in Resthaven Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.