With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Vannoy Kirkpatrick Gentles in Sulphur Springs, Texas, who passed away on December 29, 2023 at the age of 86. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Vannoy Kirkpatrick Gentles to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by : her parents, John Presley "Sid" and Henrietta Kirkpatrick (Hill); her husband Thomas Gentles; her daughter Jacqueline Gentles Howard; her son-in-law Vance Fite; her great grandchild Kalya Howard; and her siblings, James Kirkpatrick of Ray Kirkpatrick, J. P, Sybil Jones and Roena Butcher.

She is survived by : her children, Vannoy Fite, Michele McDaniel (Jesse McDaniel) and Thomas Michael Gentles; her grandchildren, Vannoy Lin Reynolds (Jerry), Brian McDaniel (Jennifer), Colleen Hoover (Heath), Thomas Howard (Angela), Amanda McDaniel and Kassie Gentles; and her siblings, Sydney Anderson (Lynn), Ann Oliver (Mike) and Bert Kirkpatrick (Dama). She is also survived by sixteen great-granchildren.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
West Oaks Funeral Home