Dennis Ray Terry (1947-2014)

Dennis Terry, 66, of Wellington, Kansas went to be with his Lord, Wednesday, March 5, 2014 with his loving family by his side

 

Graveside Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Sumner Memorial Gardens in Wellington. Visitation will be held Friday, March 7, 2014 from 9:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. at the Shelley Family Funeral Home in Wellington. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established with the Hillside Baptist Church Building Fund and may be left with the Shelley Family Funeral Home of Wellington, Kansas.

  

Dennis Ray Terry was born November 3, 1947 the son of Roy Dennis and Velma Dora (Cochran) Terry in Bushnell, NE. He graduated from Wellington High School in 1966 and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from Holmes Theological Seminary in Greensville, South Carolina. .

 

After going steady since August 11, 1964 Dennis and Linda (Weaver) were united in marriage on September 11, 1967 in Derby, KS. Dennis was a Pastor and Lay Minister in Pratt, KS, and then a machinist at TECT Aerospace from 1972 until 2010.

 

Dennis enjoyed fishing, woodworking, refinishing furniture and working on their home. He was also involved in Community Theater, singing in groups, and studying Bible history. He was a gifted singer, Bible teacher and speaker. Most of all he loved his family and God.

  

Dennis is survived by his loving wife, Linda of the home, daughters: Tamara Martin and her husband Mike of Wellington, Debra Alexander and her husband Eddie of Papillion, NE, and Davina Tredway and husband Mike of Wellington, KS; 8 grandchildren: Alex Shamblin, David Brokaw, Christina Martin, Nicholas Martin, Mikaela Alexander, Sarah Alexander, Joanna Tredway and Abby Tredway; his brother, Reverend Gary Terry and his wife Georgia of Wellington, KS, two sisters: Marilyn Hudson and her husband Reverend Marvin Hudson of Norman, OK, and Helen Calvert and her husband Walter of Delaware; and 5 great grandchildren.

  

He is preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, one sister and two grandchildren: Kathrine “Kat” Tredway and Thomas “T.J.” Alexander.

Find-A-Grave

I have added a link to this resource (see the bottom of the page).  I have added many records when I found they were not listed and known some wonderful and helpful people.

 

Most of the people who volunteer are very nice and helpful. Some, though, are stinkers.  They can be identified by their making contact with them impossible. This is an area Find-A-Grave should work on to improve contact for complaints.

 

I had found a relative in Missouri a few years back, whose grave entry had been done by a volunteer who had died. I had tried to contact and no response and since the info he had loaded was so wrong, I was told to just add a correct entry.

 

Recently, I received a rather curt email telling me to remove this entry I had added and seeing they were also a relative, I removed the duplicate.  It would have been nice to have made contact with this distant relative, compare notes and see what other blanks might be filled as a result of two branches of a family getting together. 

 

Unfortunately, the woman had closed all means of communicating with her. Examining her profile page I read her instructions and comments on Find-A-Grave with growing dismay because they were the written equivalent of a stare and 'back-off buddy'!

 

It is hoped that people are all equally willing to be helpful and friendly. Especially when they are fruit from a common tree.  The truth is sometimes they are not.  Most of the time, however, people who do family history are friendly, eager to help, and live by a code of 'random acts of genealogy.'

 

I must just admit some branches will remain mysteries because people are unwilling to participate and share and connect to others in positive and meaningful ways.

 

Go out and do a random act of genealogy today. It will make someone happy.