Rachel Weakley Gentry was born August 15, 1917, to Robert Weakley and Lydia Thomas Weakley, the fourth of the five Weakley girls "Margaret (Robertson), Evelyn (Coleman), Julie (Mitchell), Rachel and Rebecca (Spring). She grew up with her sisters as her best friends, playing high school basketball, dancing at Old Jefferson, and taking turns asking their father for money for the movies. She attended the University of Tennessee briefly, and worked as a comptometer operator at Union Ice Cream before marrying Charles Oscar Gentry on September 8, 1944. The newlyweds honeymooned at her parents cottage in Monteagle, because of the war-imposed gas rationing. After a short time living in Nashville, they returned to Smyrna, where they began their family with son Charles Elliott and daughter Lydia Margaret (Hudsick). Rachel never worked outside the home again, but did volunteer work with the hospital auxiliary, the PTA and served as a Cub Scout den mother. Rachel lived most of her married life two doors down from her own parents, across the street from one sister and down the block from another. She and Charles loved fishing, house boating on Percy Priest Lake, vacations in Florida, and family get-togethers. Having friends and family share in a happy hour session of swapping stories and telling jokes was a particular favorite activity. Rachel was also a great lover of animals, caring for a dog or cat or rabbit or bird (or combination) while raising her children. Husband Charles preceded her in death on May 5, 1990. Rachel moved to Adams Place in Murfreesboro in November of 2006, which is where she passed away at the age of 92 early Sunday morning, February 21, 2010. She enjoyed her many friends there, and it was at Adams Place where Rachel rediscovered her love of the game of bridge. A favorite story of her early days there was when staff was looking everywhere for one of the residents, only to find her in Rachels apartment where the two were enjoying a pre-dinner glass of wine. Rachel is survived by two of her sisters " Julie Mitchell of Murfreesboro and Rebecca Spring of Goodlettsville; by son Charlie of Cincinnati and daughter Lydia Hudsick of Bluffton, South Carolina; by her granddaughters Cori Varola of Simi Valley, California, and Monya Hudsick of Silver Spring, Maryland; by four lovely great grandchildren, and by many nieces, nephews and cousins. Services will be held at 11:00AM Wednesday, February 24, at First Presbyterian Church in Smyrna, with Pastor Megan Ritchie officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4:00 to 7:00PM at Woodfin Chapel, Smyrna, 615-459-3254, www.woodfinchapel.com.