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

hometown sweetheart, Robert Berry, from Comanche,

Oklahoma. I grew up spending lots of time with her.

My sister lived a godly life. She was a wonderful

wife and mother. Her husband, Robert, was a good man,

and was a deacon at the Assembly of God Church in

Comanche. Wynell was 33 when her husband died of a

heart attack in 1967, which was a shock to the entire

family. My nephew Gary and my niece Sharon were

only 15 and 12 at the time of their father’s death. It was

a difficult season.

Wynell and her children then moved to

Chillicothe, Texas, where my dad was pastoring at the

time. A few years later, she moved to Marlow,

Oklahoma, where she met her future husband, Dean

Talley. They were later married and attended our

church in Rush Springs, Oklahoma. My sister lived

alone for several years after Dean’s death. She passed

away in 2018, and I preached at her funeral while

recalling the wonderful life of my sister, Wynell. God is

a good God!

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