Mr. Johnnie Russell Gentry, Sr., age 88, of Trion, GA, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at the Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Mr. Gentry was born August 9, 1926, in Little Sand Mountain, GA, son of Mary Elizabeth Gentry.  He was a member of the Harrell Street Church of God of the Union Assembly, and also served as a Deacon for over 50 years.  He was retired from Mount Vernon Mills and was a member of the Trion Lodge # 160 F&AM.  In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Eddie Jones.

Mr. Gentry is survived by his wife, Esther Gentry; son and daughter-in-law, Johnnie R. Jr. and Brenda Gentry; daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda Jones, JoAnn and Charles Toles, Jean and Danny Hester; 15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Mr. Gentry will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, December 15, 2014, from the Harrell Street Church of God with Rev. Denny Smith and Rev. Freddie Bell officiating.  Interment will follow in the Greenhills Memory Gardens.  Active pallbearers will be grandsons and include Frankie Jones, Jeremy Gentry, Robbie Jones, Mikie Jones, Greg Jones, D. J. Hester, Tanner Hester, and Zack Smith.  Honorary pallbearers will be the members of Trion Lodge # 160 F&AM and the Deacons of the Harrell Street Church of God of the Union Assembly.

Mr. Gentry will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends from 4:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday, December 14, 2014.  He will also lie in state at the Harrell Street Church of God from 12:30 P.M. until the hour of service on Monday.

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