St. Clair County Obits

JAMES ANSON GENTRY

Osceola Library Files
James Anson Gentry, son of Buena Allen and Jerry T. Gentry, was born May 27, 1925, near Roscoe, Mo. He passed away in Phoenix, Ariz., on April 12, 1961, at the age of 35 years, 10 months.
When Jim was about 12 years of age he became a member of the Riverview Christian church, and later a member of a church in Winslow, Ariz.
He spent his boyhood days on the farm where he was born. He attended grade school at Riverview, and went to high school in El Dorado Springs, graduating in 1942.
In 1944 he was married to Thelma LeAnn Piper. To this union three children were born, James Allen, John Thomas and Rebecca Ann. Soon after their marriage they went to Winslow, Ariz., where Jim worked as a brakeman for the railroad until his induction into the Army. He served in Japan and Korea. When he returned to civilian life he resumed his duties with the railroad, and then went into the insurance business.
At the time of his death he was regional manager for the All American Life and Casualty Co., in Arizona and New Mexico.
He leaves his wife and three children, his brother, Dick, and family, all of Phoenix; his father, J.T. Gentry, Route 3, Osceola; three sisters, Mrs. Jack Martin, Santa Ana Calif., Mrs. Ray Peterie and Mrs. Herman Capps, of Collins, Mo.; nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
Funeral services were conducted by the Elks lodge of Winslow in Phoenix on April 15. Burial was in Phoenix.