This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Lace_Lynch Surnames: Dobson, Williams, Jeffries, Gentry Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.yadkin/4590/mb.ashx Message Board Post: YOUNGSTOWN - Mrs. Stella Virginia Gentry, 80, departed this life Friday evening, Nov. 12, 2010, at Hospice of the Valley. Mrs. Gentry was born Aug. 31, 1930, in Yadkinville, North Carolina, a daughter of Boots Other and Della Mae Dobson Williams. She was a member of the Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church, where she served as a member and secretary of its Senior Choir, its Hospitality Committee, Women's Auxiliary Group and the Missionary Society. She enjoyed talking, laughing and telling stories. She never failed to say "I love you" and "Bless your heart" to each of her family member, friends and acquaintances. She leaves to cherish fond memories, her husband, Lonnie P. Gentry Sr., whom she married March 10, 1956; two daughters, Virginia M. (Steve) Jeffries of Yadkinville and Kathryn E. Gentry of Boardman, Ohio; three sons, Raymond E. (Cecilia) of Harmony, N.C., Perry M. (Joann) of Clayton, N.C. and Lonnie P. (Toscha) of Campbell, Ohio; a brother, William B. (Melinda) Williams of Yadkinville; two god-brothers, June (Amelia) Cain of Trap Hill, N.C. and Samuel "Buba" Glover of Boardman, Ohio; a god-son, Corneill Morgan; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; six god-sisters, Rosetta (Kenneth) Brown, Ernestine Watkins, Carol (Doug) Richardson, Viola Gregory, Virginia Sattlefield and Annie R. Williams; and a host of other family and many treasured friends. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Gloria Jean; a sister, Cora Jane; and four brothers, Harvey, Charlie, Ford and Gilbert. Services will be Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at noon at the L.E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home Youngstown, Ohio Friends may call Friday, November 19, 2010 from 11 a.m. to noon at the funeral home. http://www.vindy.com/news/tributes/2010/nov/17/stella-virginia-gentr/ Mahoning Yadkin Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.