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Carol Kent Gentry

March 3, 1943 — November 28, 2020

Carol Kent Gentry, age 77, of Memphis, passed away Saturday evening, November 28, 2020, at Baptist Hospital - DeSoto in Southaven, MS.

She was a native and life-long resident of Memphis, daughter of the late Walter Clifford Kent and Ruby Dell Lovelace Kent. She had been a member of Bellevue Baptist Church and attended Millington First Baptist Church, also. Mrs. Gentry worked as a medical transcriber retiring from the VA Hospital in Memphis, and, in her leisure time, enjoyed playing tennis (in her younger years), drawing, painting, writing poetry and books.

She leaves her daughter, Ruby Carol Gentry of Union City, TN; a sister, Jane Ellen Kent Warner; several cousins; and her former husband, James Hugh Gentry.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Jimmy Gentry; and two aunts, Arlene Butler and Lillian Blount.

Memorial contributions may be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. [http://www.stjude.org]

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Visitation

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

9:00am - 1:00 pm (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

109 Mecklinburg Drive, Bolivar, TN 38008

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Chapel Services

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Starts at 1:00 pm (Eastern time)

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109 Mecklinburg Drive, Bolivar, TN 38008

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