Eleanor Isabell Gentry's Obituary
Eleanor Isabell Whitehurst Gentry of Longview, TX, daughter of Vera Kirkland Whitehurst and William Stanley Whitehurst of Linden, TX, went peacefully to be with the Lord on March 14 , 2007 as her loving family stood by her side.
Isabell was a graduate of Linden High School and retired from the AT & T Corporation in Longview, TX , where she lived since 1958. During the last seven years, she lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Doris and Henry Fogle, in Chester, VA. She was a member of the Valley View Baptist Church while she lived in Longview. She was a devout Christian who loved traditional sacred hymns and took great joy in living her principles and loving her family. In addition, she was an avid fan of both the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers. She had a special pride in being the wife of D. E. Gentry who had served in the United States Armed Services for 23 years. Her sense of respect and duty to her country was exceeded only by the love and devotion to her family as she cheerfully and tirelessly spent her time as wife, homemaker, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. We will all miss her so very much.
?A well-lived life and a well-loved and devoted Christian.?
Isabell was preceded in death by her sisters, Evelyn Whitehurst Spinks and Meltry Whitehurst Rainey, and brothers, J. W. Whitehurst and Davis A.D. Whitehurst. She is survived by her two daughters, two sons and one brother: Doris Gentry Fogle and son-in-law Henry C. Fogle of Chester, VA., Stanley Turner Gentry and daughter-in-law Patricia Gentry of Diana, TX, Paula Gentry Butkowski and son-in-law Charles Butkowski of Raleigh, NC, Ronald Lester Gentry of Longview, TX and brother Roy Stanley Whitehurst and wife Evelyn Whitehurst of Longview, TX.
Other survivors include 11 grandchildren: Kathy Ashy and husband Fadi, Mary Hallow and husband Greg, Jennifer Fogle, Shellie Gentry, Laura Gentry and LeAnn Gentry, Ford and Gentry Fitzpatrick, Kelly and Aaron Gentry, and Chelsea Gentry; 6 great grandchildren: Alexander, Ryan and Christopher Ashy, Brooke and Caroline Hallow and Camryn Whittle. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law: Waisel Downing, Jewel Whitehurst, Billie Jo Gentry, Frances Gentry and brother-in-law D. H. Rainey. She had many nieces and nephews as well.
The family will receive friends at Rader Funeral Home, Longview, from 2 to 4 PM Sunday, March 18. Funeral services will be held at Valley View Baptist Church, 1602 Alpine Road, Longview, TX., at 2 PM Monday, March 19, 2007. Isabell will be laid to rest next to her departed husband, D. E. Gentry and her infant son, Stephen Harold Gentry at Waldrop Cemetery in Beckville, Panola County, TX immediately following the service.
Memorials may be sent to the Valley View Baptist Church, 1602 Alpine Road, Longview, TX 75601.
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