Ruth Pearl Gentry

1896 - 1987  (91 years)

• Name	Ruth Pearl Gentry
  Born	19 Dec 1896	Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Dec 1987	Pampa, Gray County, Texas   [1]
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Pampa, Gray County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	Known as Pearl. Ruth Pearl Gentry had a picture of her grandmother Pamelia Harpole. As a child she was very close to her cousin Harry Carl Payne. They were about the same age. Died at the age of 91. This needs confirmation.
  Person ID	I5847	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)
  Married	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	Scott Phillip Hall,   b. 19 Oct 1896, McKinney, Collin County, Texas ,   d. 15 Nov 1976, Pampa, Gray County, Texas  (Age 80 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1918	Stephens County, Oklahoma
  	Vol. 4, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 211 Pearl Gentry to Scottie Hall of Arthur Oklahoma on 6-3-1918
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F3012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Dec 1896 - Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma Married - 3 Jun 1918 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Died - 27 Dec 1987 - Pampa, Gray County, Texas Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Pampa, Gray County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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. [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence. [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).