Elmer Fred Gentry

1901 - 1984  (82 years)

• Name	Elmer Fred Gentry  [1]
  Birth	6 Nov 1901	Indian Territory   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Mar 1984	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Burial	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Notes	On his marriage he was described as "of Arthur, Stephens Co., Oklahoma." He loved music and played both the piano and the fiddle. The Duncan Banner-Mar. 30, 1984 Elmer Fred Gentry, 82, 2104 Birch, died Friday, March 30, at Duncan Regional Hospital after a sudden illness. Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Westside Church of Christ with Jon Hosch officiating. Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Don Grantham Funeral Home. Born Nov. 6, 1901, in Stephens County, Gentry was a longtime resident of Duncan. He was a farmer, worked at Tinker Air Force Base during World War II and retired from Ridley Packing in 1967. He had been an elder for the Westside Church of Christ for 31 years. Gentry married Hazel Truitt on Sept. 22, 1928. Survivors include his wife, Hazel of the home: a daughter, Juanell Leard of Oklahoma City; a son, Don Gentry of Phoenix; two sisters, Ruth Meeks of Duncan, and Dera Goodwin of California; and seven grandchildren. Bearers will be Alfred Lewis, Sam Stovall, Don Douglas, Charles Bently, Kenneth Nunley and Loyd Cowan. Honorary bearers will be the elders and deacons of the Westside Church of Christ. (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell) (Research):Census Listings: 1930 census Stephens Co. OK King Twp. Duncan city, ED 69-28 Sheet 10B 8 06 Cherry 253/259 Gentry, Elmer F., MW 28 M 26 OK OK OK Hazel, wife FW 18 M 16 OK TX OK Juanell L., dau. FW 9/12 S OK OK OK
  Person ID	I6276	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	James Edwin Gentry,   b. 25 Mar 1869, Johnson County, Texas d. 16 Jan 1950, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elzada Trawick,   b. 6 Jan 1871, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas d. 23 Jan 1951, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1891
  	Lynell Gentry Cordell writes that "Zada Trawick's family was also in Wise Co., Texas in 1880. I wonder if John M. and Pamelia could have moved there after the 1880 census and Zada and Ed met and married there in 1890/91. Preacher William, possibly in need of care, his wife having probably died, could have been there around that time also." It is also possible that they married in Oklahoma, her obituary saying she had been a resident of Alma and Duncan since 1889.
  Family ID	F1081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hazel Truitt,   b. 14 Jul 1912, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 4 Jan 1985, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	22 Sep 1928	Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  	Vol. 11, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 388 Elmer Gentry, 26 years to Hazel Truitt,16 on 9-22-1928 On her marriage she was described as "of Arthur, Stephens Co., Oklahoma." They were married by J. W. Scott
  Children	1. Living   2. Donald Ray Gentry,   b. 21 Nov 1934, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 8 Sep 1998, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F3174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 22 Sep 1928 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Death - 30 Mar 1984 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Burial - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Gentry, Elmer and Hazel (Truitt)

  
  

• Sources

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