Mr. CAPTAIN FRANK TRENT SR died on October 29, 2026 at home.
A burial ceremony for Franklin O Trent, Mineola, formerly of Aransas Pass, Texas, is scheduled for 2pm, November 8th, at the New Hope Cemetery in Mineola, Texas.

He was born in 1934 in Coleman, Texas to William C and Bernice Trent. He married Barbara Wamsley in 1957, having met in Europe where he served in the military and she was a military dependent.

Mr. Trent retired from the US Army as a Captain following his Vietnam war tour where he served as combat pilot, Intelligence Officer and accompanied the US and South Vietnamese Special Forces on Long Range Mountain Patrols, being awarded several Air Medals, the Combat Infantry Badge, the President's Legion of Merit, the South Vietnamese Special Forces Jump Master wings, and the Thailand Jump Master wings. For his work in training the Vietnamese and Thailand Airborne in the art of combat Sky Diving and his parachute jumps in enemy territory, he was awarded an honorary Master Instructor by the U S Army "Golden Knights", the elite Special Forces parachute unit which travels the world as ambassadors for the United States and its military.  He was honored by two presidents and one king.

While in the Army he served in the Infantry, Airborne and Aviation. He also served in Germany and Kentucky in airborne units. Captain Trent attended public school in Aransas Pass, Texas and college at University of Maryland and University of Southern California where he earned the Aerospace Safety Engineering Degree. He then worked for and retired from Braniff International Airlines as a Captain, having flown the Boeing 707 and 727 over most of the US and South America.

Following retirement, he and Barbara went into full time ministry serving as a Christian school teacher and Headmaster, Administrative Pastor, Pastor, counselor, and author. He also served briefly as a Missionary to Africa and Central America. To support his ministry, he and Barbara involved themselves in the real estate market and he was a private investigator for the state. After moving to East Texas, he served with a Youth Foundation and the Rotary Club.

He was a member of the Braniff International Silver Eagles, Airline and International Airline Pilot Associations, Military Officer Association, Disabled American Veterans, and the Vietnam Veterans of America.

He had a healing and deliverance ministry, helping countless sick and dying people by prayer including the raising of the dead.

He is survived by his son: Franklin Wayne Trent and wife Susan of Missouri; two daughters: Sharon Sherman of California; Monica McDonald and Husband David of Grand Saline; grandchildren Ryanne and husband Chase Kindle, Kathleen Trent, Frank W. Trent Jr, and Rick Trent, great grandchildren Thatcher Kindle and Sawyer Kindle and many more loved grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents, brothers Fred and Emory, who were poets, and a sister, Evelyn, his wife, Barbara, son, Frank Trent Jr.

Pall Bearers are David McDonald, Chase Kindle, Franklin Wayne Trent, Thatcher Kindle. Honorary pallbearers are Michael Reiland, Steven Guidrey, Michael Brooks, and Lonnie Locklear.