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Submitted: 3/17/16 • Approved: 3/18/16 • Last Updated: 3/21/16 • R1128741-G1128741-S3
Elvin "Ebb"
Aug 8, 1924 - Mar 22, 2006
Parents:
Elmer & Molly Parker Gentry
Betty Lou
July 23, 1930 - Mar 7, 1996
Parents:
Edd and Mamie Totten Barger.
Married July 23, 1953
Obituary
Olmstead Funeral Home Inc.
Mr. Elvin (Ebb) Gentry, age 81, of Greers Ferry, Arkansas, passed away at his home on Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Born in Edgemont, Arkansas on August 8, 1924, he was the son of the late Elmer and Molly (Parker) Gentry.
A lifetime resident of Greers Ferry, Mr Gentry was a carpenter. His religious belief was nondenominational. His wife, Betty Lou (Barger) Gentry preceded him in death on March 7, 1996. Mr. Gentry was also preceded in death by four brothers, Alvin (Turner) Gentry, Marvin Gentry, Melvin Gentry, and Elvis Lee Gentry, and by two sisters, Morene Bittle and Betty Lois Spier.
He is also survived by one son, Johnny Gentry and his wife, Becky, of Greers Ferry; five daughters, Dianna Barnum of Higden, Evely Southherland and her husband, James of Ida, Reva Gadberry and her husband, Scotty, Tammy Richey and her husband, Danny, and Ebbie Lee and her husband, Terry, all of Greers Ferry, two brothers, Joe Gentry and David Gentry both of Edgemont; one sister, Murlean Trammell of Searcy; seventeen grandchildren, Ashley Gentry, Keli Richey Phelps, Justin Lee, and Sarah Lee Hunt, Joshua Gentry, Jeremey Gadberry, Reanna Gadberry Smith, Rickey Linn, Paula Linn Walley, John Barnum, Emily Southerland, Leigh Southerland, Daniel Southerland, Lindy Southerland, Cody Richey, Kendall Richey and Keri Richey Pierce, and ten great-grandchildren.
Mr. Gentry is also survived by other relatives and his many friends.
Visitation will be held in the family home at 230 Lone Pine Rd. N. Greers Ferry.
Graveside services and interment will be held Friday, March 24, at 10:00 a.m. in the Davis Special Cemetery with Rev. Darvin Carlton officiating. Pallbearers will be Cody Richey, Kendall Richey, Joshua Gentry, Justin Lee, Daniel Southerland, and Jeremy Gadberry. Arrangements are by Olmstead Funeral Home Inc.
Contributed on 3/17/16 by bardencj
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