Wilburn Houston Gentry

MARSHALL - WILBURN HOUSTON GENTRY, 60, OF BAILEY BRANCH RD. DIED FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND HAD LIVED THERE FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIE HARLAN AND CATHERINE TAYLOR GENTRY. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, RENA GENTRY. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE US ARMY. SURVIVING ARE HIS SONS, DONALD RAYMOND GENTRY OF ASHEVILLE, RANDALL EUGENE GENTRY OF HENDERSONVILLE, WILLIAM HARLAN GENTRY OF ATLANTA, GA; DAUGHTERS, VICKIE DIANNE GENTRY OF FLETCHER, BRITTANY GENTRY OF ATLANTA, GA; SISTERS, BETTY CARLAND OF ASHEVILLE, MARGARET SHEPHARD OF ATLANTA; BROTHER, JOHN GENTRY, OF MARSHALL; 2 HALF SISTERS, 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 STEP GRANDCHILDREN, AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11 AM MONDAY IN THE ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH THE REV. TROY EDWARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN LONGS CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY WITH MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES CONDUCTED BY THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL/VOLUNTEER MEMORIAL TEAM. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME. AT OTHER TIMES, THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE HOME OF DONALD GENTRY, 21 HOME WOOD DR., ASHEVILLE, NC 28803.