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Elmer Fred Gentry

Male 1901 - 1984  (82 years)


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  • Name Elmer Fred Gentry  [1
    Birth 6 Nov 1901  Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Mar 1984  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 
    • 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 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

    Family Hazel Truitt,   b. 14 Jul 1912, Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1985, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1928  Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1998, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F3174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Sep 1928 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 Mar 1984 - 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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  • Headstones
    Gentry, Elmer and Hazel (Truitt)
    Gentry, Elmer and Hazel (Truitt)

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