Emory Howell Gentry, Sr.

1893 - 1967  (74 years)

• Name	Emory Howell Gentry  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	26 May 1893	Stephens County, Indian Territory   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Aug 1967	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  Burial	Fairview Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Notes	Emory was issued a delayed certificate of birth. The supporting evidence was his application for employment with the Oklahoma Railway company and the birth certificate of his daughter, Ruth Hazel Gentry. The informant for his death certificate was Lillie R. Gentry of 3409 Campbell. According to the 1928 Duncan City Directory, Emory and Lilly lived at 101 Elm Street. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Emory Howell Gentry City: Arthur County: Stephens State: Oklahoma Birthplace: Oklahoma;United States of America Birth Date: 26 May 1893 Race: Caucasian Roll: 1852128 Occupation: Farming Next of kin: Wife and 2 children Height/Build: Medium/Medium Color of Eyes/Hair: Gray/Brown (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)
  Person ID	I5836	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Miller Gentry,   b. 23 May 1851, Tennessee d. 23 Sep 1929, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary "Molly" Evelyn Mounts,   b. 27 Aug 1857, West Virginia d. 10 Sep 1940, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1872	Grayson County, Texas   [3]
  	Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gentry Celebrate their "Golden Wedding Day" Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Gentry of this city [Duncan] celebrated their "Golden Wedding Day" Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Payne, a few miles east of this city, surrounded by their sons and daughters, grand children, great grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Married 50 years ago in Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Gentry came to Oklahoma before there was any Stephen's county of a city of Duncan. They have resided in Stephens county, near Duncan, for the last 33 years and in the city of Duncan for three years. Mr. Gentry, who has passed the 72nd milestone of life, was born in Tennessee, and moved to Texas when that state was young. Mrs. Gentry was born in West Virginia and grew to womanhood in Illinois after which she moved with her parents to Texas. Eight children were born to this union, six of whom are living. They are J.W. Gentry of Alpine, Texas; Mrs. Marvin Payne of Chickasha; Mrs. S.B. Hall of Garber, Oklahoma; and three sons who live on farms east of Duncan. There are 24 grandchildren and five great grand children. Mr. Gentry carries his age exceedingly well, as does also Mrs. Gentry and to see them as they go about their daily lives one would never suspect that they had travelled a-down the rosy pathway of love and life together for half a century. (GOLDEN WEDDING REPORT Newspaper clipping cut from unidentified Duncan City, Oklahoma newspaper, probably the Banner) Ken Harvey had the following to report about their union: Will married Mary Evelyn Mounts on Saturday, 12th July 1873 in Grayson Co., Texas. The marriage licence merely states that they were married by M. F. Cole. The marriage licence gives no further information. The day was incorrectly recorded as 13th. The question does arise as to why Will's grandfather, Preacher William Gentry, did not conduct the ceremony. His father-in-law William J. Mounts did not approve of young Will as a husband for his daughter Molly. He told his young daughter that "Will was just a Tennessee farm boy, and though pleasant enough, he would never amount to anything." She was not dissuaded. Will, it was always generally agreed, was evidently not very ambitious and rather easy going. Much later on, after her husband, Will's, death, Molly used to remonstrate with her young grandson Lewis Adair Payne "Get up and get going, you are just like Will sitting there for half an hour on your bed before making a move."
  Family ID	F1107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lillie Letticia Rowe,   b. 21 Dec 1896, Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma d. 16 Oct 1978, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1912	Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  	Vol. 3, Stephens County Marriage Book: , Lic. # 80 Emory Gentry to Lilly Rowe, 12-22-1915 (sic) "Stephens Co. Marriages" shows Emory Gentry, 19, of Arthur and Lillie Rowe, 18, of Arthur, married on December 22, 1912 by J.J. Ward
  Children	1. Ruth Hazel Gentry,   b. 29 Aug 1913, Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 30 Aug 1979, Manti, Sanpete County, Utah (Age 66 years)   2. Living   3. Emory Howell Gentry, Jr.,   b. 18 Sep 1917, Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 3 Oct 1975, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma (Age 58 years)   4. Living   5. Mary Lee Gentry,   b. 19 Sep 1928, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma d. 27 Jun 1991, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F3008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 22 Dec 1912 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Death - 1 Aug 1967 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S315] Rainey, Juanita (sparklestree@aol.com) "Juanita's Family Tree" Ver. Jun 23 22:39:06 2003; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentry536. [S1113] Carter, Sandi "Fairview Cemetery Grady County, Oklahoma" ; http://www.okcemeteries.net/grady/fairview/g1fairview.htm. [S315] Rainey, Juanita (sparklestree@aol.com) "Juanita's Family Tree" Ver. Jun 23 22:39:06 2003; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentry536, Other researchers show the date of marriage as being in 1873 (Reliability: 3).