Only One Life - By Dale Gentry - His Story - His Journey

1883:

My maternal grandmother, Susie Wilson, was

born in 1883. I remember my Grandma Wilson as a frail

woman, who always seemed to be sick. I later

discovered that she mostly lived a life of depression. She

died at the age of 73 years old. She was a kind woman

and loved me and my family, but I feel as if she died

before her time .

1907:

My Parents

My dad, Orbe Clyde Gentry, was born in 1907, on

his parent’s cotton farm in Grow, Texas, near

Paducah. My dad grew up in a happy home with four

brothers and five sisters. He was the youngest of all the

boys. My dad would later tell me many stories of his

childhood. He never journeyed very far from the farm

until he met my mom.

1911:

My mother, Delia Elizabeth Wilson, was born in

1911 in Weleetka, Oklahoma. In 1924, my mother, her

parents and seven siblings moved to Marlow,

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