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George Wiley Gentry 1929 - 2011

George Wiley Gentry of Okolona, Clark County, AR was born on March 11, 1929, and died at age 82 years old on April 19, 2011.

George Wiley Gentry

Okolona, Clark County, AR 71962

March 11, 1929

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George Wiley Gentry, affectinately called "Drop Out George," passed away quietly on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. He was preceded in death by his mother Alberta Bailey Gentry and father Ruby Gentry. Born on March 11, 1929, in Okolona, Arkansas, he attended Holly Grove Schools. He lived in Flint, Michigan and worked at General Motors until retiring after 28 years of faithful service in 1982. He loved writing, gardening and singing gospel music. George had a transferable enthusiasm for life, evidenced over the last few months as he maintained a positive outlook throughout his challenging ordeal, always encouraging family and friends to do the same. He was the oldest of ten siblings. He was preceded in death be his brother, John Gentry, and his sisters, Lois McNeal and Eddie Henderson. On December 15, 1956, he married Ruth (Deloney) Gentry, they did not have children. However, during vacation time, they took a special interest in their niece, Mimi Henderson and in mentoring their nephew Stacey Ross. On April 2nd, 2002 at 5:30AM-CST George W. Gentry made his first international radio broadcast of 'Exposing The Unexposed' over WWCR. Frequency 5.070 was the dominant frequency during the radio broadcast all the way up to February 14th, 2010. The following Sunday February 21st, 2010 the radio broadcast took place on 4.775. And the last radio broadcast took place February 28th, 2010 on 4.840. Due to malfunctioning cassette tape recorders George was no longer able to record the regular audio messages for broadcast on WWCR. George decided to end the broadcast run. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Gentry of Okolona, Arkansas; brothers James Gentry, Mac Gentry and Calvin Gentry of Flint, Michigan; Loyd Gentry of Arkadelphia, Arkansas; sisters Ruby (Chester) Karim of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Fay (Freddie) Carter of Arkadelphia, Arkansas; brother-in-law Albert Deloney of Flint, Michigan; sister-in-laws, Stella Baker of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Nella Bates of Flint, Michigan; numerous nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
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George Wiley Gentry, affectinately called "Drop Out George," passed away quietly on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. He was preceded in death by his mother Alberta Bailey Gentry and father Ruby Gentry. Born on March 11, 1929, in Okolona, Arkansas, he attended Holly Grove Schools. He lived in Flint, Michigan and worked at General Motors until retiring after 28 years of faithful service in 1982. He loved writing, gardening and singing gospel music. George had a transferable enthusiasm for life, evidenced over the last few months as he maintained a positive outlook throughout his challenging ordeal, always encouraging family and friends to do the same. He was the oldest of ten siblings. He was preceded in death be his brother, John Gentry, and his sisters, Lois McNeal and Eddie Henderson. On December 15, 1956, he married Ruth (Deloney) Gentry, they did not have children. However, during vacation time, they took a special interest in their niece, Mimi Henderson and in mentoring their nephew Stacey Ross. On April 2nd, 2002 at 5:30AM-CST George W. Gentry made his first international radio broadcast of 'Exposing The Unexposed' over WWCR. Frequency 5.070 was the dominant frequency during the radio broadcast all the way up to February 14th, 2010. The following Sunday February 21st, 2010 the radio broadcast took place on 4.775. And the last radio broadcast took place February 28th, 2010 on 4.840. Due to malfunctioning cassette tape recorders George was no longer able to record the regular audio messages for broadcast on WWCR. George decided to end the broadcast run. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Gentry of Okolona, Arkansas; brothers James Gentry, Mac Gentry and Calvin Gentry of Flint, Michigan; Loyd Gentry of Arkadelphia, Arkansas; sisters Ruby (Chester) Karim of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Fay (Freddie) Carter of Arkadelphia, Arkansas; brother-in-law Albert Deloney of Flint, Michigan; sister-in-laws, Stella Baker of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Nella Bates of Flint, Michigan; numerous nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
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George W. Gentry of Okolona, Arkansas and formerly of Flint, Michigan.

Date & Place: in Okolona, Clark County, Arkansas 71962, United States

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Kelly Bogues

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01/31/2024

I found George on my shortwave radio in 2003. We became friends by talking on the phone and exchanging postal mail over the years. We both loved shortwave radio and sometimes talked about some of the obscure stuff you can find while scanning around the shortwave radio stations. Rest in peace George.

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George W. Gentry of Okolona, Arkansas and formerly of Flint, Michigan.

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