MARY (REID) GENTRY SMITH (1961) Polk County, Arkansas

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Published in Mean newspaper July 1961 - Polk County

Submitted by Shirley Gentry

Mary Gentry Smith was my husband's (Oather Gentry) grandmother.


Obituary: MRS. MARY SMITH  

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Smith was held Thursday, July 27, at 2 
o’clock in the Geyer-Horne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Audrey officiating. 
Burial was in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Pallbearers were Loyd Cain, Jack 
Kesterson, Tom Brock, Lewis (correct spelling Louis) Gentry, Jess Parnell, 
and Carl Keiss.

Mrs. Smith was born June, 1880, in Birmingham, Ala. and died July 25, 
1961, in Idabel, Okla. She was 81 years of age. As a young woman, she 
moved toPolk County and was united in marriage with Joe Gentry at 
Vandervoort in 1900. He preceded her in death in 1923. Later, in 1927, 
she was united in marriage with Rev. Isaac Smith. He preceded her in 
death in 1959. She lived for a number of years in Watson, Okla., and had
spent the past eight years in Idabel. She was a member of the Bethel 
Missionary Baptist Church at Idabel.

Survivors are four sons, Henry W. Gentry of Pampa, Tex., Jack Gentry of 
Pueblo, Colo., Bill Gentry of Kirbyville, Tex., and Earl Gentry of 
Lockesburg, Ark; One granddaughter that she reared as her own daughter, 
Mrs. Maudie Mae Bell of Orlando, Fla.; 20 grandchildren, and 36 
great-grandchildren.
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