Phyllis Rose McKeehan Gentry

Published 4:34 pm Monday, April 17, 2017

Phyllis Rose McKeehan Gentry, 69, of Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2017, at Hermitage Health Center.
A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late D.B. “Jack” and Cora Rhea McKeehan.
Phyllis was a graduate of Happy Valley High School. She had operated Phyllis Beauty Salon for a number of years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, Patsy Greene, Priscilla Parks, Pauline McKeehan and Pam Cardwell.
Survivors include two children, Lisa Potter and Gary Gentry Jr., both of Elizabethton; two grandchildren, Kenneth Potter and Jesse Potter; four sisters, Peggy Taylor, Statesville, N.C., Pauletta Harsh and Patty Sims, both of Elizabethton, and Patricia Hawkins, Sevierville; and 15 nieces and nephews.
Private services for Phyllis Rose McKeehan Gentry will be conducted Thursday. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Gary Gentry Jr., Jesse Potter, Kenneth Potter, Josh Jones, Tim Greene, Jimmy Greene, Chris Hawkins and Bruce Perry. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website: www.memorialfcelizabethton.com.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Gentry family.