Melinda A. Gentry, 89, former resident of Spring Hill, died Monday morning in Indianapolis, IN, where she had lived with her daughter for a number of years.
Services will be conducted at 11 am Saturday at St. Mark UPB Church in Spring Hill. Visitation with the family will be from 7-9 pm at the church. Elder W.H. Fuqua, Washington Green, Saint Clair Lockridge and R.L. Secrest will officiate.
Burial will be in Newtown Cemetery.
Survivors include five daughters: Mrs. Hollie M. Steele, Mrs. Clara G. Fleming, both of Spring Hill, Mrs. Willie B. Gentry, Nashville, Mrs. Odell Gentry, Mrs. Charlie Smith, both of Indianapolis, IN; son Willie L. Gentry, Indianapolis; 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Flower ladles will be members of St. Mark UPB Church. Wright's Funeral Home in Nashville is in charge of arrangements.
Columbia Daily herald 28 Jan 1982
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GENTRY, Melinda A.—Jan. 25,1982 at her residence in Indianapolis, IN.
Survived by five daughters: Hollie M. Steele, Clara G. Fleming, Charlie L. Smith, Willie B., and Odell Gentry; son Willie L. Gentry; ten grand children; twenty-one great grand-children; seven great great grand-children.
The remains will be conveyed to St. Mark's U.P. Baptist Church, Spring Hill, Tn. this Friday, Jan. 29, where visitation with the Family will be from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 30, from the above church at 11:00 a.m. conducted by the Pastor, Rev. William H. Fuqua with Words of Comfort by other Ministers.
Pallbearers will be Grandsons. Flowerladies will be Mothers.
Interment New Town Cemetery.
WRIGHT'S FUNERAL HOME, in charge,255-8735
The Tennessean 29 Jan 1982
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Tennessee Marriage Records have S H Spratt married Miss Ella Higdon on 27 Jan 1891 in Maury County. [It appears that both Melinda and Guy mother is actually a Higdon.]
Tennessee Marriage Records have Charles Grigsby married Ella Spratt on 22 Jan 1895 in Maury County.
1900 Census, taken 5 Jun 1900, has Charlie Grigsby, 28, born in 1871, day laborer, married for 4 years to Ella, 24, born Nov 1875, who's had 3 children with 3 surviving, laundress, living in 22nd Civil District, Maury County, TN. Also in the household are: step-son Guy Pourlin, 6, born Jun 1893; step-daughter Linda Pourlin, 8, born Sep 1891; boarder Steve Vaughn, m, 46, born Mar 1854, day laborer, married for 13 years; and boarder Albert Parkham, m, 27, born May 1873, day laborer, widower.
1910 Census, taken 18 Apr 1910, has Charlie Grigsby, 40, farm laborer, married for 13 years to Ella, 33, who's had 6 children with 5 surviving, living in Spring Hill, Maury County, TN. Children are: Guy, m, 15; Maria, f, 4; and Melinda, f, 18, day laborer. Also in the household is boarder David Grigsby, m, 19, day laborer.
Tennessee Marriage Records have Will Gentry married Malinda Grigsby on 2 May 1910 in Maury County.
WWI Draft Registration, dated 5 Jun 1917, has Will Gentry of Columbia, Maury County, TN, 30, born in Marshall County, TN in 1887 [no day and month given]. He is a married farm laborer. He claims exemption becuase of his dependent wife.
1930 Census, taken 8 Apr 1930, has Will Gentry, 40, farmer on a general farm, married at 21 to Melinda, 37, married at 18, living in 11th Civil District, Williamson County, TN. Children are: Holly M, f, 19, laundress; Willie B, f, 17; Clarabel, f, 15; Adell, f, 13; Alberta, f, 9; Charlie L, f, 5; and Willie Lee, m, 4y 1m.
1940 Census, taken 10 APr 1940, has Will Gentry, 50, farmer, married to Melinda, 40, living in 11th Civil District, Williamson County, TN. Children are: Clara Bell, f, 25, and Willie Lee, m, 13. Also in the household is grandson Adell Turrentine, 4.
US Social Security Death Index has Melinda Gentry, born 3 Sep 1890, died Jan 1982. Last residence was Indianapolis, Marion County, TN. SSN issued in TN.
Services will be conducted at 11 am Saturday at St. Mark UPB Church in Spring Hill. Visitation with the family will be from 7-9 pm at the church. Elder W.H. Fuqua, Washington Green, Saint Clair Lockridge and R.L. Secrest will officiate.
Burial will be in Newtown Cemetery.
Survivors include five daughters: Mrs. Hollie M. Steele, Mrs. Clara G. Fleming, both of Spring Hill, Mrs. Willie B. Gentry, Nashville, Mrs. Odell Gentry, Mrs. Charlie Smith, both of Indianapolis, IN; son Willie L. Gentry, Indianapolis; 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Flower ladles will be members of St. Mark UPB Church. Wright's Funeral Home in Nashville is in charge of arrangements.
Columbia Daily herald 28 Jan 1982
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GENTRY, Melinda A.—Jan. 25,1982 at her residence in Indianapolis, IN.
Survived by five daughters: Hollie M. Steele, Clara G. Fleming, Charlie L. Smith, Willie B., and Odell Gentry; son Willie L. Gentry; ten grand children; twenty-one great grand-children; seven great great grand-children.
The remains will be conveyed to St. Mark's U.P. Baptist Church, Spring Hill, Tn. this Friday, Jan. 29, where visitation with the Family will be from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 30, from the above church at 11:00 a.m. conducted by the Pastor, Rev. William H. Fuqua with Words of Comfort by other Ministers.
Pallbearers will be Grandsons. Flowerladies will be Mothers.
Interment New Town Cemetery.
WRIGHT'S FUNERAL HOME, in charge,255-8735
The Tennessean 29 Jan 1982
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Tennessee Marriage Records have S H Spratt married Miss Ella Higdon on 27 Jan 1891 in Maury County. [It appears that both Melinda and Guy mother is actually a Higdon.]
Tennessee Marriage Records have Charles Grigsby married Ella Spratt on 22 Jan 1895 in Maury County.
1900 Census, taken 5 Jun 1900, has Charlie Grigsby, 28, born in 1871, day laborer, married for 4 years to Ella, 24, born Nov 1875, who's had 3 children with 3 surviving, laundress, living in 22nd Civil District, Maury County, TN. Also in the household are: step-son Guy Pourlin, 6, born Jun 1893; step-daughter Linda Pourlin, 8, born Sep 1891; boarder Steve Vaughn, m, 46, born Mar 1854, day laborer, married for 13 years; and boarder Albert Parkham, m, 27, born May 1873, day laborer, widower.
1910 Census, taken 18 Apr 1910, has Charlie Grigsby, 40, farm laborer, married for 13 years to Ella, 33, who's had 6 children with 5 surviving, living in Spring Hill, Maury County, TN. Children are: Guy, m, 15; Maria, f, 4; and Melinda, f, 18, day laborer. Also in the household is boarder David Grigsby, m, 19, day laborer.
Tennessee Marriage Records have Will Gentry married Malinda Grigsby on 2 May 1910 in Maury County.
WWI Draft Registration, dated 5 Jun 1917, has Will Gentry of Columbia, Maury County, TN, 30, born in Marshall County, TN in 1887 [no day and month given]. He is a married farm laborer. He claims exemption becuase of his dependent wife.
1930 Census, taken 8 Apr 1930, has Will Gentry, 40, farmer on a general farm, married at 21 to Melinda, 37, married at 18, living in 11th Civil District, Williamson County, TN. Children are: Holly M, f, 19, laundress; Willie B, f, 17; Clarabel, f, 15; Adell, f, 13; Alberta, f, 9; Charlie L, f, 5; and Willie Lee, m, 4y 1m.
1940 Census, taken 10 APr 1940, has Will Gentry, 50, farmer, married to Melinda, 40, living in 11th Civil District, Williamson County, TN. Children are: Clara Bell, f, 25, and Willie Lee, m, 13. Also in the household is grandson Adell Turrentine, 4.
US Social Security Death Index has Melinda Gentry, born 3 Sep 1890, died Jan 1982. Last residence was Indianapolis, Marion County, TN. SSN issued in TN.
Melinda A. Gentry, 89, former resident of Spring Hill, died Monday morning in Indianapolis, IN, where she had lived with her daughter for a number of years.
Services will be conducted at 11 am Saturday at St. Mark UPB Church in Spring Hill. Visitation with the family will be from 7-9 pm at the church. Elder W.H. Fuqua, Washington Green, Saint Clair Lockridge and R.L. Secrest will officiate.
Burial will be in Newtown Cemetery.
Survivors include five daughters: Mrs. Hollie M. Steele, Mrs. Clara G. Fleming, both of Spring Hill, Mrs. Willie B. Gentry, Nashville, Mrs. Odell Gentry, Mrs. Charlie Smith, both of Indianapolis, IN; son Willie L. Gentry, Indianapolis; 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Flower ladles will be members of St. Mark UPB Church. Wright's Funeral Home in Nashville is in charge of arrangements.
Columbia Daily herald 28 Jan 1982
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GENTRY, Melinda A.—Jan. 25,1982 at her residence in Indianapolis, IN.
Survived by five daughters: Hollie M. Steele, Clara G. Fleming, Charlie L. Smith, Willie B., and Odell Gentry; son Willie L. Gentry; ten grand children; twenty-one great grand-children; seven great great grand-children.
The remains will be conveyed to St. Mark's U.P. Baptist Church, Spring Hill, Tn. this Friday, Jan. 29, where visitation with the Family will be from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 30, from the above church at 11:00 a.m. conducted by the Pastor, Rev. William H. Fuqua with Words of Comfort by other Ministers.
Pallbearers will be Grandsons. Flowerladies will be Mothers.
Interment New Town Cemetery.
WRIGHT'S FUNERAL HOME, in charge,255-8735
The Tennessean 29 Jan 1982
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Tennessee Marriage Records have S H Spratt married Miss Ella Higdon on 27 Jan 1891 in Maury County. [It appears that both Melinda and Guy mother is actually a Higdon.]
Tennessee Marriage Records have Charles Grigsby married Ella Spratt on 22 Jan 1895 in Maury County.
1900 Census, taken 5 Jun 1900, has Charlie Grigsby, 28, born in 1871, day laborer, married for 4 years to Ella, 24, born Nov 1875, who's had 3 children with 3 surviving, laundress, living in 22nd Civil District, Maury County, TN. Also in the household are: step-son Guy Pourlin, 6, born Jun 1893; step-daughter Linda Pourlin, 8, born Sep 1891; boarder Steve Vaughn, m, 46, born Mar 1854, day laborer, married for 13 years; and boarder Albert Parkham, m, 27, born May 1873, day laborer, widower.
1910 Census, taken 18 Apr 1910, has Charlie Grigsby, 40, farm laborer, married for 13 years to Ella, 33, who's had 6 children with 5 surviving, living in Spring Hill, Maury County, TN. Children are: Guy, m, 15; Maria, f, 4; and Melinda, f, 18, day laborer. Also in the household is boarder David Grigsby, m, 19, day laborer.
Tennessee Marriage Records have Will Gentry married Malinda Grigsby on 2 May 1910 in Maury County.
WWI Draft Registration, dated 5 Jun 1917, has Will Gentry of Columbia, Maury County, TN, 30, born in Marshall County, TN in 1887 [no day and month given]. He is a married farm laborer. He claims exemption becuase of his dependent wife.
1930 Census, taken 8 Apr 1930, has Will Gentry, 40, farmer on a general farm, married at 21 to Melinda, 37, married at 18, living in 11th Civil District, Williamson County, TN. Children are: Holly M, f, 19, laundress; Willie B, f, 17; Clarabel, f, 15; Adell, f, 13; Alberta, f, 9; Charlie L, f, 5; and Willie Lee, m, 4y 1m.
1940 Census, taken 10 APr 1940, has Will Gentry, 50, farmer, married to Melinda, 40, living in 11th Civil District, Williamson County, TN. Children are: Clara Bell, f, 25, and Willie Lee, m, 13. Also in the household is grandson Adell Turrentine, 4.
US Social Security Death Index has Melinda Gentry, born 3 Sep 1890, died Jan 1982. Last residence was Indianapolis, Marion County, TN. SSN issued in TN.
Services will be conducted at 11 am Saturday at St. Mark UPB Church in Spring Hill. Visitation with the family will be from 7-9 pm at the church. Elder W.H. Fuqua, Washington Green, Saint Clair Lockridge and R.L. Secrest will officiate.
Burial will be in Newtown Cemetery.
Survivors include five daughters: Mrs. Hollie M. Steele, Mrs. Clara G. Fleming, both of Spring Hill, Mrs. Willie B. Gentry, Nashville, Mrs. Odell Gentry, Mrs. Charlie Smith, both of Indianapolis, IN; son Willie L. Gentry, Indianapolis; 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Flower ladles will be members of St. Mark UPB Church. Wright's Funeral Home in Nashville is in charge of arrangements.
Columbia Daily herald 28 Jan 1982
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GENTRY, Melinda A.—Jan. 25,1982 at her residence in Indianapolis, IN.
Survived by five daughters: Hollie M. Steele, Clara G. Fleming, Charlie L. Smith, Willie B., and Odell Gentry; son Willie L. Gentry; ten grand children; twenty-one great grand-children; seven great great grand-children.
The remains will be conveyed to St. Mark's U.P. Baptist Church, Spring Hill, Tn. this Friday, Jan. 29, where visitation with the Family will be from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Saturday, Jan. 30, from the above church at 11:00 a.m. conducted by the Pastor, Rev. William H. Fuqua with Words of Comfort by other Ministers.
Pallbearers will be Grandsons. Flowerladies will be Mothers.
Interment New Town Cemetery.
WRIGHT'S FUNERAL HOME, in charge,255-8735
The Tennessean 29 Jan 1982
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Tennessee Marriage Records have S H Spratt married Miss Ella Higdon on 27 Jan 1891 in Maury County. [It appears that both Melinda and Guy mother is actually a Higdon.]
Tennessee Marriage Records have Charles Grigsby married Ella Spratt on 22 Jan 1895 in Maury County.
1900 Census, taken 5 Jun 1900, has Charlie Grigsby, 28, born in 1871, day laborer, married for 4 years to Ella, 24, born Nov 1875, who's had 3 children with 3 surviving, laundress, living in 22nd Civil District, Maury County, TN. Also in the household are: step-son Guy Pourlin, 6, born Jun 1893; step-daughter Linda Pourlin, 8, born Sep 1891; boarder Steve Vaughn, m, 46, born Mar 1854, day laborer, married for 13 years; and boarder Albert Parkham, m, 27, born May 1873, day laborer, widower.
1910 Census, taken 18 Apr 1910, has Charlie Grigsby, 40, farm laborer, married for 13 years to Ella, 33, who's had 6 children with 5 surviving, living in Spring Hill, Maury County, TN. Children are: Guy, m, 15; Maria, f, 4; and Melinda, f, 18, day laborer. Also in the household is boarder David Grigsby, m, 19, day laborer.
Tennessee Marriage Records have Will Gentry married Malinda Grigsby on 2 May 1910 in Maury County.
WWI Draft Registration, dated 5 Jun 1917, has Will Gentry of Columbia, Maury County, TN, 30, born in Marshall County, TN in 1887 [no day and month given]. He is a married farm laborer. He claims exemption becuase of his dependent wife.
1930 Census, taken 8 Apr 1930, has Will Gentry, 40, farmer on a general farm, married at 21 to Melinda, 37, married at 18, living in 11th Civil District, Williamson County, TN. Children are: Holly M, f, 19, laundress; Willie B, f, 17; Clarabel, f, 15; Adell, f, 13; Alberta, f, 9; Charlie L, f, 5; and Willie Lee, m, 4y 1m.
1940 Census, taken 10 APr 1940, has Will Gentry, 50, farmer, married to Melinda, 40, living in 11th Civil District, Williamson County, TN. Children are: Clara Bell, f, 25, and Willie Lee, m, 13. Also in the household is grandson Adell Turrentine, 4.
US Social Security Death Index has Melinda Gentry, born 3 Sep 1890, died Jan 1982. Last residence was Indianapolis, Marion County, TN. SSN issued in TN.
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