JOHN B. GREER
Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 9:48PM
Editor
ANDERSON – John Beverly Greer, 86, of 122 Vandiver Road, husband of Edna Fant Greer, died Friday, July 2, 2010 at his residence.
Born July 13, 1923 in Anderson, he was the son of the late William Jones and Sally Vandiver Greer. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. Mr. Greer was a Dairy Farmer, an employee of J. Roy Martin Roofing Company and later retired from Sargent Metal Fabricators. He was a member of Hiram Masonic Lodge #68 and Hopewell Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Edna F. Greer of the home; one daughter, Virginia Anna Greer of the home; brother, William J. “Dock” Greer of Anderson; and a sister, Annie Shirley of Anderson.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Jones Greer and Dewitt Greer, and sisters, Frances Hiott and Mamelou Riker.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel, conducted by Rev. Ken Keaton. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Masonic Rites and Military Honors conducted by Campbell Patriots. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary, 3205 North Highway 81, Anderson. The family is at the residence.
Flowers are optional; memorials may be made to Hopewell Baptist Church, 3530 Hopewell Road, Anderson, SC 29621 or to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621.
SULLIVAN-KING MORTUARY, NORTHEAST CHAPEL
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