Howard M. Gentry Obit

 

GENTRY, HOWARD 
December 4, 1989
Sapulpa Herald
Sapulpa, Creek Co. OK

TULSA — Howard M. Gentry, 67, of Tulsa, died Sunday at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Muskogee.

Services with full military rights are scheduled for 10:30 am Wednesday at Owen Funeral Chapel with the Rev. T. Howard Allen officiating.

Burial will be in South Heights Cemetery.

Casketbearers will be Sam Langmaid, Bill Langmaid, Bob Nabozny, Dewayne Maddox, Wilbur Burkhamer, and David McMasters.

Mr. Gentry was born May 15, 1922, in Rossville. He moved to the Tulsa-Sapulpa area 60 years ago.

He married Wilma Goad July 4, 1941, in Okmulgee.

Mr. Gentry was a veteran of the Army Air Corp and a Safeway employee until his retirement in 1974. He was a member of North Heights Baptist Church, Sand Springs Elks Lodge, Tulsa American Legion and the local Disabled American Veterans.

Survivors include wife Wilma; daughter Barbara Davis of Lake Charles, La.; and three grandchildren.

The family will headquarter at 7220 W. 78th St. Tulsa.