Harlon James Gentry

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at New Liberty Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Mount Olive for Harlon James Gentry, 90 of Mount Olive, who passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.

Reverend Jon Neal will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the New Liberty Landmark Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Mount Olive. Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at the New Liberty Landmark Missionary Baptist Church, 356 SCR152, Mount Olive, Mississippi, 39119.

His pallbearers will be Payton Gentry, Ethan Cargile, Charlie Powell, Neal Hand, Nic Dardar, and Austin Walters. Honorary pallbearers will be Andy Turner, Luke Powell, Lane Powell, and John Wayne Cargile.

Mr. Gentry was born on November 1, 1935, in Covington County, Mississippi, to Melvin and Elmer Lee Hall Gentry. He retired from Georgia Pacific Lumber Company after fifteen years of service as a machine operator. Mr. Gentry was a member of the New Liberty Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Mount Olive. He enjoyed growing a garden, especially Smith County watermelons, tending to his chickens, and spending time with his family. Mr. Gentry was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother and will be dearly missed by his family members and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Elmer Lee Harvey Gentry; his wife, Geneva Harvey Gentry; two sons, Robert Darryle Gentry and Harold Luther Gentry; one brother, Garland Gentry; two sisters, Georgia Knight and Fannie May Ishee; and three grandsons, Dusty Gentry, Nathan Chapman and Adam Chapman.

Survivors include one son, James Carroll Gentry of Mount Olive; one daughter, Melinda Kay Chapman of Mount Olive; one brother, John Wayne Ashley of Mount Olive; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and other family members.

Family members and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com