William Albert Gentry

A native of Buncombe County, he was the son of the late Joseph B. and Mary Loretta Plemmons Gentry and husband of the late Ellen Louise Green Gentry, who died in 1998. He was also preceded in death by three sisters, Artie Cole, Dorthea Mauney Webb and Artha Worley and one brother, Glenn R. Gentry.

Mr. Gentry was a member of Hoopers Creek Baptist Church and retired from the American Enka Corp with 29 years of service. He was also a retired farmer and was active with the Henderson County ASC.

He is survived by two daughters, Mary Ruth Norton and her husband, the Rev. George C. Norton of Arden, Irma Lois Lance of Arden; a son, the Rev. William David Gentry, and his wife Brenda, of Fletcher, 8 grandchildren, 15 great-grand- children and four sisters, Margaret Webb, Margie Smiley, Cartie Mann, all of Canton and Mary Etta Henn of Fletcher.

Services will be held at 2:30 pm Monday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian conducted by the Revs. Roy Waldroup and O.D. Rhodes. Interment will follow in Pisgah View Memorial Park in Candler.

His family will receive friends from 4 until 6 pm Sunday at the funeral home on Long Shoals Road and at other times will be at the home of David and Brenda Gentry.

Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Henderson County.