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Samuel Wentz, age 71 of Clarksville, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at his residence.
Visitation was from noon until 8 p.m., Monday, May 12, 2014 with the family present from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Foston Funeral Home. The funeral service was at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church. Burial was at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
He was born January 17, 1943 in Union County, NC to the late Harold Albertis Wentz, Sr. and Mary Jackson Wentz. He was a member of Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his son, James Kenny Cross; brothers, Raymond Wentz, Herbert Wentz and Harold Wentz, Jr., and sisters, Petrovia Wentz and Joann Butler.
He leaves to cherish his memory, wife, Marilyn “Ann” Garrett Wentz; sons, Antonio(Valerie) Wentz, Sr., Dickson, TN, Howard “Tony” (Monica) Cross, Columbus, GA, Thomas “Chris” Cross, Smyrna, TN, Keith (Teresa) Wentz and Deshawn Wentz, both of Clarksville, TN;sisters Pauline Hammonds, Marthell Jones, Madie Alsobrooks allof Charlotte,NC and Lillie Duncan Indian Trail, NC and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and family and friends