Hazel Truitt

Notes:

She was the daughter of Jesse H. Truitt and Victoria Campbell.

The Duncan Banner: Hazel T. Gentry

Hazel T. Gentry, 72, 2104 Birch died Friday in an Oklahoma City hospital following a long illness. Service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Westside Church of Christ with Jon Hosch officiating Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Don Grantham Funeral Home.

She was born July 14, 1912, in Alma and was a lifelong resident of Stephens County. She retired in 1977 after 20 years with TG&Y and was a member of the Westside Church of Christ. She married Elmer F. Gentry on Sept. 22, 1928, in Duncan. He preceded her in death in Duncan on March 30, 1964. Survivors include a son, Don Gentry of Phoenix, Ariz. ; a daughter, Juanell Leard of Oklahoma City; a brother, Albert Truitt of Miami,OK; two sisters, Jean Sims of Oneana, Ala., and Bertha Taylor of Eureka, Calif.; and seven grandchildren.

Bearers will be Sam Stovall, Don Douglas, Charles Bentley, Kenneth Nunley, Levi Matlack and Wayne Eden.

(Transcription courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

Hazel married Elmer Fred Gentry on 22 Sep 1928 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. Elmer (son of James Edwin Gentry and Elzada Trawick) was born on 6 Nov 1901 in Indian Territory; died on 30 Mar 1984 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Vol. 11, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 388
Elmer Gentry, 26 years to Hazel Truitt,16 on 9-22-1928 On her marriage she was described as "of Arthur, Stephens Co., Oklahoma." They were married by J. W. Scott

1. Living
2. Donald Ray Gentry was born on 21 Nov 1934 in Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 8 Sep 1998 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.