Colleen Gentry Kennedy Obituary

We are sad to announce that on May 22, 2022, at the age of 91, Colleen Gentry Kennedy of Elkin, North Carolina passed away. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Colleen Gentry Kennedy to pay them a last tribute.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Manleth Gentry and Beatrice Mae Gentry; her husband Van Warren Kennedy, Sr.; her son Daniel Warren Kennedy; and her sisters, Bernice Benton and Lestene Shumate.

She is survived by: her children, Cathy Kennedy Peabody (Howard) of Mooresville, Terry Kennedy (Lynn) of Elkin and Van Warren Kennedy, Jr. (Brenda) of Roaring River; her grandchildren, Benet Patterson, Aimee Donaldson, Andrea Westmoreland, Heather Leeper, Van Warren Kennedy, III, Brooke Hooker, Benjamin Kennedy, Christopher Kennedy and Daniyel Bates; her great grandchildren, Savanna, Nicholas, Rebecca, Caroline, Sara Cate, Madalyne, Ava Belle, Asher, Abigail, Katherine, Hudson and Parker; her brother Dalin Gentry; her niece Anna Rice; her caregivers, Kathy, Mary and Christy; and also, Trent, Maria and Max.

Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Oak Level Baptist Church, PO Box 123, Roaring River, NC 28669 or Fall Creek Baptist Church, 3345 Fall Creek Church Rd, Jonesville, NC 28642.