Ruth Cleo Gentry

1912 - 1998  (85 years)

• Name	Ruth Cleo Gentry  [1]
  Birth	29 Apr 1912	Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Mar 1998	Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Burial	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Notes	In the Mederian Nursing Home (1996), south of Duncan, Oklahoma. The Duncan Banner-Mar. 29, 1998 Ruth C. Meeks Meridian -- Ruth C. Meeks, 85, of Meridian died Saturday, March 28, 1998, in a Meridian nursing home. Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Duncan Cemetery with Ron Stough officiating under the direction of Carter-Smart Funeral Home. Mrs. Meeks was born April 29, 1912 in Alma to James E. and Zada (Trawick) Gentry. On April 7, 1951, she married Richard Meeks in Duncan. A lifelong resident of the Duncan area she was a member of Eastside Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband on May 30, 1993. Survivors include several nieces and nephews.
  Person ID	I6321	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2016

  
  

  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	Richard "Red" Meeks,   b. 22 Nov 1913, Oklahoma d. 30 May 1993, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1951	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  	Red and Ruth were married at the Indiana Ave. Baptist Church, 1601 NW 2nd, Oklahoma City, OK, by Pastor M. L. Rice. Witnesses were Bessie Payne of 815 N. Braver, OKC and Eugene W. Leard of 1421 NW 7th OKC. Lynell Gentry Cordell has a copy of the marriage license.
  Family ID	F3187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Apr 1912 - Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma Marriage - 7 Apr 1951 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Death - 28 Mar 1998 - Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma Burial - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Gentry, James Edwin Farm House, Stephens County, Oklahoma Charles Strong said Ruth was frowing because she HATED having her picture taken.
  		Gentry Women in Sundresses, Sunday at Granny's, 1947 The back of this picture was labeled, but a few of the names were cut off, apparently to fit a frame. Lynell Cordell helped fill in the blanks. The caption read "Sunday at Granny's: Little Sis (Mary Helen Gentry), Alma Gentry, Dorothy Gentry, Ruth Gentry, Betty Jean Gentry, Eva Gentry, 1947." (L to R). Ruth Gentry, who always disliked being photographed, is the only one of the cousins not looking at the camera.
  		Gentry, Ruth Cleo Wife of Richard Meeks B. 1912 Oklahoma D. 1998 Oklahoma She married Richard "Red" Meeks shortly before her fortieth birthday.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

  Documents

  Gentry, Ruth signature From a Friendship Quilt made by her sister-in-law, Eva Blue Gentry of Duncan, Oklahoma

  
  

  Headstones

  Meeks, Richard and Ruth (Gentry)

  
  

• Sources

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