Obituaries:  Edward Earl Gentry Jr., Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       G-536
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 10, 1987
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net

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Edward Earl Gentry Jr. (Photo)

  Services for Mr. Edward Earl Gentry Jr. 59, of Bossier City,
were held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 8, at Christ the King
Catholic Church, with Father Dave Richter, and Msgr. Carson
LaCaze officiating. A Rosary was said at 7:30 p.m., Monday, at
Boone Funeral Home's Airline Chapel. Interment with full military
rites, was at 2 p.m., Tuesday, at Bethany Cemetery in
Marthaville, La., with the Rev. Ed Fenton officiating.

  Mr. Gentry died Sunday, September 6, 1987, in Bossier City. A
native of Derry, La., he was retired from the U.S.A.F. in 1973.
He was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church.

  He was preceded in death by his son, Keith Paul Gentry.

  He is survived by his wife, Lorraine M. Gentry of Bossier City;
three sisters, Mrs. C. F. Shirley of Winnsboro, La., Mrs. Lucy
Gentry Jennings, and Mrs. Evelyn Sutton, both of Shreveport; and
one brother, Robert R. Gentry of Many, La.

  Pallbearers were James Shirley, David Shirley, Terry Shirley,
Richard Jennings, Jerry Jennings, James Pearce.

  Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Michael R. Moore, Dr. Michael S.
Briggs, Dr. Charles L. Moffet, Sam Touchstone, Billy Sutton Jr.,
Jason McMillin, Landan Shirley, Normand Begnoche, Gilbert
McMillin, and Robert Wenzel.