Born in Tuscaloosa County, AL, on August 18, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Parks and Ella Mae Russell Bailey. Mrs. Gentry attended Southern Wesleyan University and was retired from teaching at Tamassee Elementary School in Oconee. She was a member of Pickens View Wesleyan Church, where she was a former music director and Sunday school teacher.
Surviving are her husband of 58 years, the Reverend Foster Dean Gentry, Sr.; two sons, Foster Dean Gentry, Jr. and his wife Deana, and Steven Herbert Gentry; one brother, Theodore V. Bailey and his wife Ann; three grandchildren, Ross Gentry, Gabriella Gentry, and Samuel Gentry.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, September 3, 2016, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Dillard Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 4, 2016, at 3 p.m. at Pickens View Wesleyan Church, with burial to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
The family will be at the home.
