The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, January 10, 1996            TAG: 9601100385
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

LINDA M. GENTRY

Linda Mae Gentry, 74, of the 500 block of Timothy Ave., died Jan. 8, 1996, in her home.

Mrs. Gentry, the widow of Raymond Fred Gentry, was a native of Hornet County, N.C. She was a Baptist.

Survivors include two daughters: Judy and her husband, Bobby Midgette, of Buxton, N.C., and Shirley and her husband, Larry Augustine, of Raleigh, N.C.; two sons, Joseph Norman Callahan and Franklin Callahan, both of Norfolk; a sister, Inez Smith of Austin, Texas; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends in Smith and Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB