Charlotte Gentry

MARION, VIRGINIA: CHARLOTTE FLORENCE PICKLE GENTRY, age 84, widow of Delmer Dean Gentry, died Friday, December 3, 2010 in Francis Marion Manor in Marion, Virginia. Born September 6, 1926 in Smyth County, Virginia, to the late Brown and Gertrude Day Pickle, she was a member of the First Church of God Chatham Hill Road and also a choir member. She had worked at Harwood Manufacturing for many years until she started working at the Southwestern State Hospital where she retired. Mrs. Gentry was a charter member of the Marion Life Saving Crew Auxiliary. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Gentry was preceded in death by a sister, Loretta Kilby, a son, David Gentry and a grandson, Chad Scott Doss. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis and Tom Doss of Marion, Virginia; four grandchildren, T. R. Doss, Jr., Brandyn Doss, Leslie Davidson, Stacey Miller; one sister, Frances Lester of Glade Spring, Virginia; one daughter-in-law, Diane Gentry of Marion, Virginia; three great-grandchildren, Tanner Doss, Brock Davidson and Brandon Miller; several nieces and nephews, her loving family at Francis Marion Manor and special friends, Margaret Graves and Joyce George also survive. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with Reverend Neville Mozingo and Reverend Bill McCollian officiating. Private Burial will be held in Rose Lawn Cemetery. Family will receive friends Sunday, from 2:00 p.m. until time of service at Seaver-Brown Chapel. Flowers will be appreciated or Memorial Contributions may be made to Marion Life Saving Crew, P.O. Box 784, Marion, VA 24354. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is serving the Doss & Gentry Family.