Russ Greer

October 7, 1913 - November 22, 2010

Russ V. Greer, age 97, of Lenoir, North Carolina, passed away Monday, November 22, 2010 at Valdese Hospital in Rutherford College, North Carolina. He was a native of Whitetop, Virginia and had lived in Konnarock, Virginia for several years prior to moving to Lenoir, North Carolina for the past 32 years. He was retired from Brunswick Corporation and was a member of the Helton Valley Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Agnes Dolinger Greer; and two sons, Randall Greer (infant) and Sidney Herman Greer.  He is survived by four sons, Charles “Billy” Greer and his wife, Ann, of Lenoir, North Carolina, Paul Greer and his wife, Fay, of Chilhowie, Virginia, Carroll Greer of Lenoir, North Carolina, and Tony Greer and his wife, Cindy, of Granite Falls, North Carolina; six daughters, Anne Pennington of Green Cove, Virginia, Jean McCall of Lenoir, North Carolina, Judy Miller and her husband, Ray, of Lenoir, North Carolina, Carolyn Alexander and her husband, Lloyd, of Damascus, Virginia, Jackie Baldwin and her husband, Larry, of Hudson, North Carolina, and Marilyn Taylor of Bristol, Tennessee; one brother, Ezra “Slick” Greer and his wife, Jean, of Abingdon, Virginia; 15 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, 5 great great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and a special friend and caretaker, Peggy Wilson.  The funeral service will be conducted at 7:30 P.M. Friday, November 26, 2010 in the Riverview Chapel at Garrett Funeral Home with Pastor David Bean and Pastor Sam Craven officiating. The committal service and interment will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Azen Cemetery in Konnarock, Virginia with Pastor Paul Puett and Pastor Dwayne Dillard officiating. Pallbearers will be grandsons and great grandsons. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be sent to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood Street NW, Lenoir, NC 28645.  The family will receive friends from 5:30 P.M. to 7:15 P.M. Friday prior to the funeral service at Garrett Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent to the family and a memorial video may be viewed by visiting www.garrettfuneralhome.com.  Mr. Greer and his family are in the care of Garrett Funeral Home, 203 N. Shady Avenue, Damascus, VA 24236, 276-475-3631.