Emma Evalina Gentry was the second child and second daughter of Robert Gentry and his wife, the former Miss Martha Melinda Hassletine Kelley. She was born in 1893, although the stone gives 1894. The Gentry family moved to Floyd County for a time, where Emma met Robert Davis Ashworth, a young widower with a daughter. They were married in April 1910. They were parents of seven children, the youngest born several months after Bob's death in 1924. Left with six young children and only 30 years old, Emma carried on energetically and courageously, assisted occasionally by her own family and that of her late husband. A joy-filled person, she was adored by her children and grandchildren. She succumbed to cancer in 1959, leaving a host of relatives to mourn her early passing.
Emma Evalina Gentry was the second child and second daughter of Robert Gentry and his wife, the former Miss Martha Melinda Hassletine Kelley. She was born in 1893, although the stone gives 1894. The Gentry family moved to Floyd County for a time, where Emma met Robert Davis Ashworth, a young widower with a daughter. They were married in April 1910. They were parents of seven children, the youngest born several months after Bob's death in 1924. Left with six young children and only 30 years old, Emma carried on energetically and courageously, assisted occasionally by her own family and that of her late husband. A joy-filled person, she was adored by her children and grandchildren. She succumbed to cancer in 1959, leaving a host of relatives to mourn her early passing.
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