Annie Lee HARRIS

Notes:

From an interview with Annie Lee Harris, herself. [10/14/1992 - DWM]




Annie's obituary

DOBSON 10//20/1922 - 09/11/2017 Mrs. Annie Lee Hamby Gentry, age 94, of State Road, passed away Monday, September 11, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born October 20, 1922 in Wake County to the late Claude M. and Annie Mary Lucy Nixon Harris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Andrew Hamby and Woodrow Gentry and her daughter, Annie Kathleen Hamby. Mrs. Gentry worked as a book keeper, was a member of Mountain Park Baptist Church, an avid gardener, a member of the Dobson Genealogy Society, a member of DAR, and loved making baskets. She is survived by her daughters, Linda and Fred Swanson and Bonnie Osborne (the late Webb Osborne); her son, Frank and Kathy Hamby; stepsons, Frankie Gentry and Johnny and Nancy Gentry; her brother, Fred Harris; eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; and a special friend, Emily Southard. Visitation will be Wednesday, September, 13, 2017 from 2-3 PM at Mountain Park Baptist Church. The service will follow at 3:00 in the church with Reverend Russell Nixon officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, 945 Zephyr Road, Dobson, NC 27017 or to Mountain Park Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 358 Zephyr Mountain Park Road, State Road, NC 28676. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.

Annie married Robert Andrew HAMBY on 14 Jun 1941 in , Surry County, North Carolina. Robert was born on 5 Nov 1918 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 4 May 1959 in Forsyth County, North Carolina; was buried in Mountain Park, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Annie Kathleen HAMBY
2. Linda Lee HAMBY
3. Bonnie Andrea HAMBY
4. Frank Andrew HAMBY

Annie married Francis Woodrow GENTRY on 17 Apr 1968 in Hillsville, Surry County, Virginia. Francis was born on 6 Jul 1915 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 24 Sep 1988 in Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Mountain Park, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 586 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina; Volumn
I - 1983. Editor Hester Bartlett Jackson.

Claude married Annie Lucy NIXON on 28 May 1921 in , Surry County, North Carolina. Annie was born on 14 Nov 1897 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 12 Nov 1984 in Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Mountain Park, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From an interview with Annie Lee Harris, RIN 11639. [10/14/1992 - DWM]




Annie's obituary.


DOBSON 10//20/1922 - 09/11/2017 Mrs. Annie Lee Hamby Gentry, age 94, of State Road, passed away Monday, September 11, 2017, at the Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home. She was born October 20, 1922 in Wake County to the late Claude M. and Annie Mary Lucy Nixon Harris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert Andrew Hamby and Woodrow Gentry and her daughter, Annie Kathleen Hamby. Mrs. Gentry worked as a book keeper, was a member of Mountain Park Baptist Church, an avid gardener, a member of the Dobson Genealogy Society, a member of DAR, and loved making baskets. She is survived by her daughters, Linda and Fred Swanson and Bonnie Osborne (the late Webb Osborne); her son, Frank and Kathy Hamby; stepsons, Frankie Gentry and Johnny and Nancy Gentry; her brother, Fred Harris; eight grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; and a special friend, Emily Southard. Visitation will be Wednesday, September, 13, 2017 from 2-3 PM at Mountain Park Baptist Church. The service will follow at 3:00 in the church with Reverend Russell Nixon officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home, 945 Zephyr Road, Dobson, NC 27017 or to Mountain Park Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 358 Zephyr Mountain Park Road, State Road, NC 28676. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 589 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina;
Volumn I - 1983. Editor Hester Bartlett Jackson.

Robert married Aminda Elizabeth WOLFE on 17 May 1892. Aminda (daughter of Henry Nathan WOLFE and Rachael ISAACS) was born on 1 Sep 1862 in Surry County, North Carolina; died on 2 Dec 1932 in Mountain Park, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Dec 1932 in Mountain Park, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 586 & 589 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina;
Volumn I - 1983. Editor Hester Bartlett Jackson. Her name is spelled "Minda"
on page 586 and "Aminda" on page 589. Just another of the numerous conflicts
about the Wolff, Wolf, Wolfe families in the book. She and her husband are
both buried in Mountain Park Cemetary, Mountain Park, North Carolina

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 586 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina; Volumn
I - 1983. Editor Hester Bartlett Jackson. He is buried in the Union Hill
Baptist Church Cemetary. He was a miller, carpenter, and cabinet maker.
!Wolfe 0001 - His death date is taken from a photocopy of the family bible. It
does not agree with the date in the source Marshall 0007.

Henry married Rachael ISAACS on 10 Feb 1845 in , Surry County, North Carolina. Rachael (daughter of Joseph ISAACS and Frances NORMAN) was born on 1 Apr 1823; died on 13 Jan 1904 in Union Hill, Surry County, North Carolina; was buried in Jan 1904 in Union Hill, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0007, Pg. 586 - "The Heritage of Surry County, North Carolina; Volumn
I - 1983. Editor Hester Bartlett Jackson. She is buried in the Union Hill
Baptist Church Cemetary. On page 589 of this book her birth year is given as
1822.
!Wolfe 0001