Myrtis Marie Gentry

1917 - 2008  (90 years)

• Name	Myrtis Marie Gentry  [1]
  Birth	8 Dec 1917	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Apr 2008	Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas
  Burial	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Notes	Personal Mention (14 December 1917 DUNCAN BANNER) "Assistant Postmaster and Mrs. Gentry are entertaining a fine girl at their home, the little miss making her appearance Saturday." (Note: This article refers to Arthur Lamoyn Gentry and wife Myrtis Burch Gentry, parents of Myrtis Marie Gentry. She was born December 8, 1917). Obituary M. Marie Gentry Sanders CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas ? Former Duncan, Okla., resident M. Marie Gentry Sanders, 90, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Corpus Christi.Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel in Duncan with Dr. Scott Fenton presiding. Inurnment will be in Duncan Cemetery. There is no visitation at the funeral home.Marie was born Dec. 8, 1917, in Duncan, to Arthur L. and Myrtis Gentry. She grew up in Duncan, and married her high school sweetheart, Bob Sanders. After raising three children, she and Bob moved to Houston and then to Pearland, Texas. Marie retired from the Houston Shriners Hospital for Children in 1990 after 23 years of dedicated service as the director of building services.Survivors include a son, Phil Sanders Sr. and wife, Patricia, of Kingman, Ariz.; a daughter, Yolanda Hobbs and husband, Rick, of Corpus Christi; a daughter-in-law, Ann Sanders of Austin, Texas; four grandsons: Rob Sanders and wife, Melanie, Steve Sanders, and Phil Sanders Jr. and wife, Teresa, all of Austin, and Adam Stoner of Corpus Christi; three granddaughters: Suzanne Vaughan and husband, Mark, of Austin, Desiree Hankins and husband, Charlie, of San Antonio, Texas, and Sabra Thornburg of Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters: Mary Helen Newton and husband, Leland, of Ada, Okla., and Dorothy Jeanne Eldridge of Shreveport, La.; and five great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband of 65 years, Robert P. Sanders Jr.; a son, Robert P. Sanders III; and a brother, James E. Gentry. Published in The Duncan Banner from 4/16/2008 - 4/18/2008 A nearly identical obituary was also published in the Corpus Christi Caller Times. The Corpus Christi paper further reported that a memorial service was to be hald at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Memorial Funeral Home, Holly chapel, and that interment would be held at a later date at Duncan Cemetery, Duncan, Oklahoma. (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)
  Person ID	I6437	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Arthur Lemoyne "Al" Gentry,   b. 3 Aug 1892, Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory d. 2 Jan 1961, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Myrtis Burch,   b. 19 Jul 1895, Garland, Dallas County, Texas d. 22 Apr 1998, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma (Age 102 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1913	Velma, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Family ID	F3139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Perry Sanders, Jr.,   b. 9 Sep 1913, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 22 Feb 2001, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas (Age 87 years)
  Children	1. Robert Perry Sanders, III,   b. 22 Nov 1936, Oklahoma d. 27 Aug 1998, Travis County, Texas (Age 61 years)   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F3226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

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  Birth - 8 Dec 1917 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Death - 3 Apr 2008 - Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas Burial - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Gentry, Myrtis Marie Wife of Robert Perry Sanders, Jr. Myrtis Marie and her husband moved to Texas in the early 1940's. She currently lives in Corpus Christi.

  
  

• Sources

  [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Stephens Co. OK 305 So. 7th 187/210 (Reliability: 3). [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.