Mary Floy Katzman, passed from this life at 6:00 p.m., December 7, 2004, in Sharon, Massachusetts of lung cancer, age 68. Funeral services will be held on December 13, 2004 at the Eugene McCarthy Funeral Home, 11 Lincoln Street, Framingham, MA. Visting hours: 10-11am; Service: 11am. Burial will follow in the Edgell Grove Cemetery 53 Grove Street, Framingham Centre, MA 01701.
In lieu of flowers, please send a donation in Mary Floy Katzman's memory to:
Roger Ramsey
President of the Johnson County Historical Society
P.O. Box 123
Mountain City, Tennessee 37683
Ms. Katzman born to Casimir H. Schulz and Nora Charlotte Donnelly on Los Angeles, California on March 11, 1936. Nora Charlotte Donnelly was a native of Johnson County, Tennessee. Her parents and her only sibling, High Casimir Schulz preceded her in death. She is survived by daughter Cynthia Marie Katzman Bowlby, her husband John, and their two children, David and Sarah, all of Sharon, Mass; son Michael Scott Katzman, his wife, Judith and their daughter Jesamine Leigh Katzman of Oklahoma; and daughter Patricia Diane Katzman of Boston, Mass. Ms. Katzman is also survived by her former husband, Dr. Sidney Katzman of Detroit, Michigan.
Ms. Katzman, began her career as a flight attendant for Trans-world Airlines (TWA) in the 1950s. After her marriage to Sidney Katzman, she settled into the life of a wife and mother, raising three wonderful children.
After her divorce in 1981, she moved to Framingham, Massachusetts, where she lived the remainder of her life. She developed a passion for discovering the past, her family, and the past of Johnson County, Tennessee. In the first days of the World Wide Web (1994) she developed a website devoted to the history and people of Johnson County, Tennessee. In 1997 she began a mailing list devoted to the discussion of Johnson County history and families. This work will remain on the internet as a memorial to her memory and may be found at http://www.jctcuzins.com.
Mary was particularly interested in researching the Greer and Donnelly families. She amassed a considerable amount of information on these families, but due to her illness, she was unable to complete it. She did publish a transcription of the 1880 Ashe County, North Carolina Federal Census, which was very helpful for researchers in that area. Other tid-bits of history she uncovered may be found on the Johnson County Cuzins website, mentioned above.
Rest on dear friend, you shall be missed.
Jeff Weaver
Saltville, Virginia
December 7, 2004.
Cpt. Thomas W. Gentry, US Army retired, 80, 508 Hospital Road, Mountain City, passed away Monday, September 5, 2005 in the Veterans Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee following a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson County and was born September 9, 1924 to the late Lonnie Minton and Jessie Leffman Gentry. He was also preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Gentry and a brother, Worley Gentry. He was the Johnson County Historian for many years, a member of the Chamber of Commerce where he was named 2005 person of the year. He was a former head of Civil Defense for Johnson County, former Johnson County Hospital Administrator, formed the first Little League in Johnson County, was a radio announcer, active in coordinating Veterans Affairs and was a member of the American Legion. He was a US Army Veteran, which took him all over the world.
Survivors include his wife, Juanita Cunningham Gentry, of the home; two daughters, Marilyn and husband Daryl Beaupre, Lima, Ohio; Cindy and husband Alan Baker, Smyrna, Tennessee; two sons, Lonnie and wife Cathy Gentry, Lima, Ohio; Tom and wife Betty Gentry, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; two sisters, Peggy and husband Tom Naylor, Lima, Ohio; Kathleen and her late husband Dave Flory, Lima, Ohio; grandchildren: Travis Baker, Dillon Baker, Tommy D. Gentry, Kathy Cheek, Keith Newland, John Newland, Chris Newland, Eva Miller, Kerri Gentry, Lindsey Gentry and Jason Gentry; great-grandchildren: Katie Cheek, Jennifer Gentry, Jane Vastano, Kailey Miller, Joshua Gentry, Kayla Gentry, Lauren Gentry, Jonathan Gentry and soon to be born, Luke Gentry Baker; several nieces and nephews, a host of friends.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, September 8, 2005 at 11 a.m. from the Henson Funeral Home Chapel with Jim Hutchinson officiating.
Military graveside services will be accorded by the Johnson County Honor Guard at the Reece Memorial Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Cliff Dunn, Jack Cress, Keith Newland, Chris Newland, Travis Baker, Bob Frei, John Cheek, Alan Baker, Daryl Beaupre, Ray Payne and Dillon Baker.
Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Swift, Dennis Henson, Dr. Alainya Hare, Terry Anderson, Dr. Buddy Clayton, Eugene Hicks, Nolan Morris, Mike Flaharty, Kenny Johnson, Danny Cunningham, Paula Anson, Karen Anderson and Ted Shores.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2005 from the Henson Funeral Home.
Friends may call at the funeral home or the residence, 508 Hospital Road, Mountain City at anytime.
In lieu of flowers those who desire may make donations to the American Red Cross, 116 Holston Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643.
Henson Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
© 2006 Basil L. McVey