Lloyd Harold Gentry

1928 - 2012  (84 years)

• Name	Lloyd Harold Gentry  [1]
  Birth	8 May 1928	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 May 2012	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Burial	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Notes	Lyn Cordell writes that both Harold and Betty were born in a little house on Base Line Road, probably a mile west of Granny and Grandad Gentry's place. About a year after Betty's birth in 1930, they moved on to Granny and Grandad Gentry's place, just south of their home. Eva Gentry enrolled her son in the Payne School when he was about five years old. She would walk him to school by way of the road, which was 2 or 3 miles. Before she could get back home herself, however, Harold had cut across the fields and was already at their home, waiting for her. It was actually not much shorter cutting across the fields, but Harold was in a hurry to get back home and away from school. He just wasn't ready for a teacher yet! His sister Lyn writes that Wildhorse Creek was in between and that was a big, wild river of water at the time. She imagines her mother would have been worried about her son trying to cross it. So, after a few times of being beat home by her Harold, she just gave up and waited until the next year to enroll him, this time at the Arthur School, which was probably around 1934-1935. Gladys Powell Payne was a new teacher at the school at the time. Harold worked for the International-Harvester Co. in Duncan for many years. As of 1996, he was mostly retired from the Eddie Johnson Trucking Co. in Ratliff City, Oklahoma. Obituary duncanbanner.com DUNCAN ? Lloyd Harold Gentry, 84, of Duncan, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in Duncan. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26 at Eastside Church of Christ, with David Frost officiating. Interment will follow in Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Lloyd was born May 8, 1928, in Duncan, the son of Delbert "Bud" and Eva Leona Blue Gentry. He married Reba Leavelle Mitchell Aug. 18, 1956, in Wichita Falls, Texas. She preceded him in death Feb. 23, 1999. He worked as a truck mechanic for 36 years at Green Merrill Truck Company and later at Eddie Johnson Crane and Equipment Service. He was also a longtime member of the Eastside Church of Christ. He is survived by two sons, Harold Brant Gentry and Blane Edwin Gentry, both of Duncan, and a sister, Lynell Cordell and husband Glen, also of Duncan. Lloyd was preceded in death by his parents, Bud and Eva, his wife, Reba and a sister, Betty Jean Daniels. Pall bearers will be Dale Towell, Mike Bilbrey, Dale Bragg, Bill Nelson, Gerald Kierbow and Tommy Anthony. Honorary bearers will be members of the Discussion Sunday School Class. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Tipton Children's Home at P.O. Box 370 Tipton, OK 73570. Online condolences may be made at www.granthamfuneralhomes.com.
  Person ID	I6317	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Delbert "Bud" Gentry,   b. 5 Oct 1893, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory d. 30 Jul 1974, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Eva Leona Blue,   b. 30 Apr 1907, Van Zandt County, Texas d. 17 Aug 1993, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	5 Mar 1925	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1, 2]
  	Vol. 9, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 60 Delbert "Bud" Gentry to Eva Blue, on 3-5-1925. Charles Strong said that Delbert and Eva spent their wedding night at the home of Bessie Payne in Duncan, Oklahoma.
  Family ID	F1080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reba Leavelle Mitchell,   b. 22 Sep 1935, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 23 Feb 1999, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1956	Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. Harold Brant Gentry,   b. 30 Jul 1960, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 6 Jan 2016, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 55 years)   2. Blane Edwin Gentry,   b. 2 Jun 1965, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 14 Aug 2023, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F2839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 May 1928 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Marriage - 18 Aug 1956 - Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas Death - 23 May 2012 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Burial - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Gentry, James Edwin Farm House, Stephens County, Oklahoma Taken at the Ed and Zada Gentry farm house sometime before 1940. Top row, left to right, Zada and Ed Gentry, Eva and Bud Gentry, Arthur Gentry, Jess Gentry. Bottom row (l to r), Ruth Gentry, Gracie (Gentry) Payne (ASSUMED), Harold Gentry, Myrtis (Burch) Gentry, Robert "Bobby" Perry Sanders III, Betty Jean Gentry, and Bessie (Gentry) Payne. PLEASE HELPS US CLARIFY THE UNKNOWN OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ABOVE.
  		Gentry, Betty and Harold ca 1940 This picture was taken on the farm of Ed and Zada Gentry in Stephens County, Oklahoma around 1940. Betty and Harold were the two oldest children of Bud and Eva Gentry.
  		Gentry, Lloyd Harold Husband of Reba Mitchell B. 1928 Oklahoma
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  Documents » Slide Show		Gentry, Harold, Diploma from Arthur School, Duncan, Oklahoma Eighth Grade Diploma, June 1, 1943 Arthur School, Duncan, Oklahoma Gladys Powell Payne, the students teacher, signed the bottom left of the diploma
  		Duncan, Oklahoma, Arthur School Eighth Grade Commencement, 1945 Eighth Grade Commencement Friday, May 14, 1943 The Arthur School Graduating Class of 1943 consisted of only seven students, Ora Francis Davis, Harold Gentry, J.C. Easterwood, Neta Joyce Sanner, Frankie Ford, Elmer Moore, and Wesley Beavers.
  		Gentry, Harold 1943 letter from his teacher, Gladys Payne, Arthur School, Stephens County, Oklahoma Harold Gentry's Eighth Grade teacher at the Arthur School was Gladys (Powell) Payne, the wife of John Earl "Dukey" Payne. This is a letter she wrote to Harold on the occasion of his Eighth Grade Graduation in 1943. Lyn Cordell reports that Gladys was pretty and well liked, but appears to have been using her "stern teacher look" in this photo. The Payne's and Gentry's of Stephens County were related by marriage.

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence. [S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email.