Obituaries: Iley Gentry, 1947, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 4, 1947 Winn Parish Enteprise

Iley Gentry, 52, Accident Victim, Succumbed Aug. 29

Iley Gentry, 52, of Sikes, injured last Thursday when a 2 x 4 plank hit him in
the lower abdomen, as the plank was returned through the edger at the Stanley
Smith sawmill, Sikes, died Friday at 5:05 a.m., following an emergency
operation performed at the Baptist Hospital, Alexandria.

Funeral services were held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Sikes Baptist Church
with Rev. Homer Coleman and Congressman A. Leonard Allen in charge.  Burial
was in the Sikes Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home of
Winnfield.

A lifetime resident of Sikes, Mr. Gentry was well known throughout Winn
Parish.  He joined the Sikes Baptist Church 20 years ago and was a faithful
member during that time.  In May 1945 he was employed at the sawmill where he
was injured.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Allie Thornton Gentry, Sikes; two sons, Iley
Gentry, Jr., Lake Charles, and Jim Gentry, U. S. Army Service Co., Frankfort,
Germany; four daughters, Mrs. S. C. Dortch of Columbia, Mrs. Roy Dunyon of
Jonesboro, Mrs. Travis Parker of Grayson, and Mrs. Carl Underwood of Grayson;
two brothers, H. L. Gentry of Sikes and Sam Gentry of West Monroe; two
sisters, Mrs. O. O. Willis of Sikes and Mrs. Wesley McCarty of West Monroe.