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Beloved local figure dies just short of 21st birthday
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Willow (left) and Lisa Trantham pose beside a news photo displayed at The Graham Star. The photo includes Gentry Trantham, left in the photo, saluting during a Boy Scouts flag-burning ceremony. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com -
Gentry Trantham (center) received the first-ever Heart of Scouting Award at the 2019 Boy Scouts of America Nantahala District Banquet. Also pictured are (from left) his mother, Lisa Trantham; then-State Rep. Kevin Corbin; his sister, Willow Trantham; and then-N.C. Sen. Jim Davis. Photo by Samantha Sinclair/CNI News Service
Robbinsville – There are lots of things that can be said about Gentry Trantham, but two stand out: he was arguably the most famous resident of Graham County, and though he had a small, misshapen…