To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Arkansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Arkansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 8/15/23 • Approved: 8/16/23 • Last Updated: 8/19/23 • R1496367-G0-S3
Cleon
February 15, 1925 - April 6, 2019
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Cleon W. Gentry, 94, died April 6, 2019 at the Arkansas State Veterans Home at Fayetteville. He was born February 15, 1925 in Lawton, Oklahoma, the son of John Thomas “Jay” and Gladys Allen Gentry.
He was a graduate of Elkins High School in 1943. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was employed as a Certified Telephone Office Installer for Western Electric; Ward’s Ice Cream Company in Fayetteville; Meadowsweet Dairy in Springdale; McKim L.P. Gas Company and retired from George’s L.P. Gas Company. He was a member of the Baldwin Christian Church, First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ where he served in several offices and now he was a member of First United Methodist Church of Springdale.
He was an Assistant Scoutmaster in Baldwin, Troop 111, First Christian Church in Springdale, he was a member of the Lions Club and the “Walking Blood Bank”, attaining the 10-Gallon Red Cross Club Donor. He delivered meals for the Springdale Senior Center. He was a master angler.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Betty Stout and June Caldwell.
Survivors include his wife, Fleeta Gentry; one son, Don Gentry and wife Linda; one daughter, Gayle Batson; five grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 2pm at Sisco Funeral Chapel of Springdale with Rev. Judy Van Hoose officiating. Burial will follow in Hester Cemetery in Fayetteville.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 12 to 2pm at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Hester Cemetery, ℅ Kim Christy, 2680 Van Hoose Drive, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 and First United Methodist Church, 206 W. Johnson Ave., Springdale, Arkansas 72764 and Springdale Senior Center, 203 Park St., Springdale, Arkansas 72764.
Online condolences may be left at www.siscofuneral.com.
Contributed on 8/15/23 by wfields55
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 1496367