Ray was born March 13, 1936 to Oscar and Ola Gentry, and passed away on August 7, 2024.
He was married to Alene Tackett on June 7, 1956.
They had five children and nine grandsons and twenty-two great grandchildren.
He is survived by wife, Alene Gentry; four daughters, Lola Bridges and husband Dale, Linda Shipley and husband Randy, Lori Denton and husband Scott, and Kim Cotter and husband Kelly; two brother-in-laws, Doug Tackett and wife Leslie and Johnny Tackett, and two sister-in-laws, Marie Dober and Shirley Jean Durden, and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his son, Tony Ray Gentry; his parents; four brothers and two sisters, and several brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws.
He was a faithful member of the Elijah Church of Christ.
Graveside services will be held Monday, August 12, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elijah Cemetery, Ozark County, Missouri, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains, Missouri.
