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William Gentry Trantham

News Staff
Friday, November 11, 2022
William Gentry Trantham, 20 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Nov. 3, 2022, at Duke University Hospital. A native of Graham County, Gentry was born Nov. 8, 2001, in Buncombe County. He is the son of William Scotty and Lisa Moss Trantham.
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

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

‘Never met a stranger’

Randy Foster
Thursday, November 10, 2022
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 physical heart, no one in Graham County had a bigger heart for people or for God.