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Jess Newton Gentry

Jess Newton Gentry

Male 1896 - 1963  (66 years)

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  • Name Jess Newton Gentry  [1
    Birth 7 Dec 1896  Stephens County, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Nov 1963  Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Jesse [Newton] Gentry (b.1896), was listed in the 1920 census as a boarder with Thomas H. and Bessie Payne, his elder sister, in Parks Township, Stephens Co. He was twenty three years old.

      The Duncan Eagle-Nov. 11, 1963 Death Takes Jess Gentry Rites were pending today for 67-year-old Jess Newton Gentry, a retired farmer, who died Sunday night in his home at 407 1/2 Pine. Gentry, a native of Alma, died of an apparent heart attack. He was born Sept. 7, 1896 and had lived most of his life in Stephens County. Gentry left here in 1951 and lived in California until 1956. He was a member of the Church of Christ and a veteran of World War I. Brooks Funeral Home will announce arrangements. Survivors include three brothers, Elmer Gentry, West Main Street; Lloyd Gentry, Oklahoma City, and Delbert Gentry, 516 Pine. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Richard Meeks, 704 N. 2nd, and Mrs. T. N. Goodwin, Bell, Calif., and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Al Gentry, 1315 Beech.

      (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)
    Person ID I6265  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father James Edwin Gentry,   b. 25 Mar 1869, Johnson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1950, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Elzada Trawick,   b. 6 Jan 1871, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1951, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Nov 1963 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Gentry, Jess Newton WWI Photo
    Gentry, Jess Newton WWI Photo
    Jess in uniform, World War I
    __Gentry, Jess Newton WWI Portrait
    __Gentry, Jess Newton WWI Portrait
    Damaged painting of Jess in uniform during the First World War.
    Gentry, James Edwin Farm House, Stephens County, Oklahoma
    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.

    Headstones
    Gentry, Jess Newton
    Gentry, Jess Newton

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