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Myrtis Marie Gentry

Myrtis Marie Gentry

Female 1917 - 2008  (90 years)

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  1. 1.  Myrtis Marie GentryMyrtis Marie Gentry was born on 8 Dec 1917 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 3 Apr 2008 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.

    Notes:

    Personal Mention (14 December 1917 DUNCAN BANNER)

    "Assistant Postmaster and Mrs. Gentry are entertaining a fine girl at their home, the little miss making her appearance Saturday." (Note: This article refers to Arthur Lamoyn Gentry and wife Myrtis Burch Gentry, parents of Myrtis Marie Gentry. She was born December 8, 1917).

    Obituary
    M. Marie Gentry Sanders
    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas ? Former Duncan, Okla., resident M. Marie Gentry Sanders, 90, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Corpus Christi.Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel in Duncan with Dr. Scott Fenton presiding. Inurnment will be in Duncan Cemetery. There is no visitation at the funeral home.Marie was born Dec. 8, 1917, in Duncan, to Arthur L. and Myrtis Gentry. She grew up in Duncan, and married her high school sweetheart, Bob Sanders. After raising three children, she and Bob moved to Houston and then to Pearland, Texas. Marie retired from the Houston Shriners Hospital for Children in 1990 after 23 years of dedicated service as the director of building services.Survivors include a son, Phil Sanders Sr. and wife, Patricia, of Kingman, Ariz.; a daughter, Yolanda Hobbs and husband, Rick, of Corpus Christi; a daughter-in-law, Ann Sanders of Austin, Texas; four grandsons: Rob Sanders and wife, Melanie, Steve Sanders, and Phil Sanders Jr. and wife, Teresa, all of Austin, and Adam Stoner of Corpus Christi; three granddaughters: Suzanne Vaughan and husband, Mark, of Austin, Desiree Hankins and husband, Charlie, of San Antonio, Texas, and Sabra Thornburg of Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters: Mary Helen Newton and husband, Leland, of Ada, Okla., and Dorothy Jeanne Eldridge of Shreveport, La.; and five great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband of 65 years, Robert P. Sanders Jr.; a son, Robert P. Sanders III; and a brother, James E. Gentry.

    Published in The Duncan Banner from 4/16/2008 - 4/18/2008

    A nearly identical obituary was also published in the Corpus Christi Caller Times. The Corpus Christi paper further reported that a memorial service was to be hald at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Memorial Funeral Home, Holly chapel, and that interment would be held at a later date at Duncan Cemetery, Duncan, Oklahoma.

    (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)

    Family/Spouse: Robert Perry Sanders, Jr.. Robert (son of Robert Perry Sanders, Sr. and Electa Smith) was born on 9 Sep 1913 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 22 Feb 2001 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert Perry Sanders, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Nov 1936 in Oklahoma; died on 27 Aug 1998 in Travis County, Texas.
    2. 3. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Perry Sanders, III Descendancy chart to this point (1.Myrtis1) was born on 22 Nov 1936 in Oklahoma; died on 27 Aug 1998 in Travis County, Texas.

    Robert married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 6. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 7. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Myrtis1)

  3. 4.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Myrtis1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Myrtis1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 6.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Myrtis1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 11. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 7.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Myrtis1)

  4. 8.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (4.Living2, 1.Myrtis1)

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 9.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (4.Living2, 1.Myrtis1)


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Living3, 2.Robert2, 1.Myrtis1)

  2. 11.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (6.Living3, 2.Robert2, 1.Myrtis1)

  3. 12.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (8.Living3, 4.Living2, 1.Myrtis1)