Edgar Jeffery Gentry

1882 - 1967  (84 years)

• Name	Edgar Jeffery Gentry
  Birth	26 Dec 1882	Decatur, Wise County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jan 1967	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Burial	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Notes	World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Edgar Jeffery Gentry City: Cruce County: Stephens State: Oklahoma Birth Date: 26 Dec 1882 Race: White Roll: 1852128 DraftBoard: 0 Age: 35 Occupation: Farming for self Nearest Relative: Frances Gentry, Curce, OK Height/Build: Medium/Medium Color of Eyes/Hair: Brown/brown (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell) 5 Jan 1967 THE DUNCAN EAGLE Edgar J. Gentry, Cattleman and Ex-Teacher, Dies Edgar J. (Ed) Gentry, 802 Sycamore, cattleman and farmer in Stephens County for nearly half a century, died at his home at 2 a.m. today. Gentry, 84, had been in poor health for several months. He was born at Decatur, Tex., Dec. 26, 1882 and moved to this county as a child. Gentry was a graduate of Valparaiso University at Valparaiso, Ind. He taught school at Alma as a young man. He retired a few years ago from active farming and ranching. Survivors are his wife, Frances, whom he married at Arthur in eastern Stephens County, Sept. 26, 1909; a son, W. T. Gentry, 1116 Elm; a daughter, Mrs. J. T. Callahan, 1327 Normandy Rd.; two brothers, John Gentry of Alpine, Tex., and Emory Gentry of Oklahoma City; a sister, Mrs. S. P. Hall of Pampa, Tex., and a grandson. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Grantham Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. T. Hollis Epton, pastor of the First Baptist church here of which Gentry was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery. Bearers will be Murl Kincannon, Pat Peck, Riley Coates, Earl Lee, Roy Steigleder and Lester Allen. Honorary bearers will be L.L. Humphreys, L. L. Gatlin, Nat Gatlin, Earl Russell, Clarence Callaway, Dr. E. C. Lindley, J. F. Lewis, the Rev. W. Lowder, Roy Patton, A.S. Moore, and members of the Men's Brotherhood Class of the First Baptist Church. Listed as living alone with Frances in the Duncan area (King township), Stephens Co., in 1910. Ref: DWL 112/Family 117 (Research):Census Information: 1930 census Stephens Co. OK East 1/2 of King Twp., ED 69-1 0 Sheet 3B 46/51 Gentry, Edgar J., MW 49 M 29 TX MS IL Frances, wife FW 38 M 18 OK TX TX William T., son MW 19 S OK TX OK Mary T., dau. FW 18 S OK TX OK John V., nephew MW 15 OK TX OK
  Person ID	I5814	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	Sarah Frances "Fannie" Kincannon,   b. 26 Nov 1887, Oklahoma d. Feb 1976, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1909	Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Children	1. William Thomas "Dub" Gentry,   b. 23 Jul 1910, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 28 Nov 1990, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 80 years)   2. Mary Thelma Gentry,   b. 13 Jan 1912, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 9 Jun 1996, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F3003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Dec 1882 - Decatur, Wise County, Texas Marriage - 26 Sep 1909 - Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma Death - 5 Jan 1967 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Burial - - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = 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).