Kelly Lynn Gentry Pepe

PEPE, KELLY LYNN GENTRY A resident of Dothan, Ala., she died unexpectedly Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004, at her residence. She was 47. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at Covenant United Methodist Church with Dr. Hays McKay officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Alanon, c/o Covenant United Methodist Church, "Kelly Pepe Memorial," 3610 W. Main St., Dothan, AL 36305. Kelly was born Dec. 5, 1956, in Lubbock, Texas, and lived in various locations while her father was serving in the U.S. Air Force. She attended college at LSU, where she met and married her husband, Mark. She resided in Baton Rouge for 11 years before moving to Dothan in the late 1980s. For the past four years, Kelly has been employed with the Dothan Eagle as credit manager. At the time of her death, she was attending Covenant United Methodist Church. Kelly was a loving wife, mother, daughter and sister. Kelly was preceded in death by her father, Jack W. Gentry, and her grandparents. Survivors include her husband of 25 years, Mark Pepe, Dothan; a son, John Bradford "Brad" Pepe, Bessemer, Ala.; a daughter, Brittany Lane Pepe, Baton Rouge; mother, Larry Lane Gentry, Shreveport; her father's wife, Bobbie Gentry, Tulsa, Okla.; two sisters, Kacey Lane Rieger and her husband, Tino, Metairie, and Kristy Evans and her husband, Michael, Bossier City; several nieces and nephews and other family members. Mark and family, on behalf of Kelly, would like to extend a special thank you to all her friends and support group who touched her life and made her a better person.