Herman Lewis Gentry (1895 - 1971)

Born 22 Oct 1895 in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Oct 1971 at age 75 in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Funeral services for Herman L. Gentry, 76, of Walnut St., Cookeville, were held last Thursday, October 7, from the chapel of Whitson Funeral Home. Rev. Buddy Green and Rev. Critt Holman were the officiating ministers. Burial was in Cookeville City Cemetery. Mr. Gentry died last Tuesday, October 7, 1971, at the Cookeville General Hospital after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Stanton Gentry and Martha McCaleb Gentry, and was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Daisy Gentry of Cookeville, 2 sons, Arvie Gentry of Livonia, MI, Thurman Gentry of Riverview, MI, 2 daughters, Mrs. Marie Hauer of Livonia, MI, Mrs. Bonnie Alvarez, Farmington, MI, 14 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren, 1 sister, Mrs. Gertrude Harris of Cookeville, and 1 stepdaughter, Mrs. Russel Fagg, Cudahy, CA.

Sources

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 16, Putnam, Tennessee; Roll: 1593; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1241593
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 16, Putnam, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1516; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0093; FHL microfilm: 1375529
• Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
• Dispatch obit 10/12/1971 pg 12

Acknowledgments

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