Rena W. Bunch

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of James Bunch and Mary Norwood. The Stephens County, Oklahoma - Comanche, Indian Territory Business Directory had the following listing: Bunch, Jas. - Rock Island Hotel Prop.

Rena died of appendicitis at the age of 21, with a contributory factor being her pregnancy of five months duration. She and John William Gentry were still newlyweds, having married just seven months prior to her untimely death.Although she died in Ardmore, her death certificate shows she was a resident of Doughery, Murray County, OK at the time of her death, some 16 miles away.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Stephens County, Brown Township, Comanche City
Enumerated 20 April 1910
SD 5 ED 231 Sheet 5A Stamped 82
76-76
Bunch, James Head M W 52 m1 28 La TN TN Farmer
Bunch, Mary L Wf F W 50 m1 26 6/6 La La La
Bunch, Norwood Son M W 27 S Tx La La Agent Real Estate
Bunch, Rena Dtr F W 20 S Tx La La
Bunch, Sellys Son M W 18 S Tx La La
Bunch, Luther Son M W 15 S Tx La La

(Medical):contributory cause pregnancy

Rena married John William Gentry on 15 Jun 1911 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. John (son of William Miller Gentry and Mary "Molly" Evelyn Mounts) was born on 9 Aug 1885 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas; died on 20 Oct 1972 in Alpine, Brewster County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]