ANDERSON - Bobbie Sue Watkins Gentry, 80, of 5122 Gentry Road, widow of Marion "Buddy" Gentry, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at the Rainey Hospice House.
Born March 3, 1931 in Anderson, she was the daughter of the late Wilton Eugene and Bertha Bowen Watkins. She was a textile employee having worked at Badische and retired from American Enka. She was a cancer survivor and was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church.
She is survived by her son, James Gentry and his wife, Evelyn of Anderson; 3 grandchildren, Dean Rose, James Cole Gentry and Olivia Curtis; brother, Leo Watkins and sister, Brenda Rampey all of Anderson. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by 2 daughters, Marian Susan Barker and Mary Helen Rose.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lebanon Baptist Church with Rev. Harry Warren officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 until 8pm at Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel, 3205 Hwy 81 N. The family is at the residence.
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