Extracted from The Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, MS)
Tuesday, August 5, 1969

John Walter Kent Jr.

DELTA CITY -- John Walter Kent Jr., 57, retired civil service employe and Sharkey County land owner, died in a Gulfport hospital Monday after a one-year's illness.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kent, Sharkey County planters and early settlers of the Delta City community, Mr. Kent was born in Hollandale where he attended Hollandale High School. He later attended the University of Mississippi. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Delta City Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. E.A. Mixon of Heidleburg [sic Heidelberg], and Mrs. P. B. Carpenter of Brandon; and two brothers, E.W. Kent of Decatur, Ala. and W.D. Kent of Hollandale.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Boone Funeral Home Chapel in Leland with Rev. Billy Guest, pastor of the Delta City Baptist Church officiating.