Individual Details

Onnie Greer

(April 2, 1921 - May 4, 2000)

"Onnie Greer, 79, was remembered at funeral services held May 6 at Ashelawn Memorial Chapel in Jefferson. Rev. Earl Woods and Rev. Johnny Calhoun officiated. Burial followed in Ashelawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Greer was born in Ashe County to Roy and Vinia Calhoun Geer. He was retired from Phenix Chair. He is survived by his wife, Tressie Taylor Greer; three sons, Darrell Greer, Lansing, Harold Greer, Creston, and Ernie Greer, Jefferson; one daughter, Betty Carpenter, Lansing; four brothers, Clay Greer and Howard Greer, both of Lansing, Wayne Greer, Jefferson, and Worth Greer, Avondale, Pa.; two sisters, Minnie Belle McCoy, Lansing, and Lula Belle Horne, Thomasville; and 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Ashelawn Memorial Chapel was in charge of the arrangements." (Obituary, Lansing, North Carolina.)

Events

BirthApril 2, 1921Ashe County, North Carolina
MarriageJanuary 5, 1944Ashe County, North Carolina - Tressie Taylor
DeathMay 4, 2000Ashe County, North Carolina
BurialAshelawn Memorial Gardens, Ashe County, North Carolina

Families

SpouseTressie Taylor ( - )
ChildDarrel Greer ( - )
ChildBetty Greer ( - )
ChildHarold Greer ( - )
ChildErnie Greer ( - )
FatherRoy Andrew Greer (1893 - 1968)
MotherVina Calhoun (1900 - 1997)
SiblingLeonard "Junior" Greer (1915 - 1981)
SiblingAllen Clay Greer (1918 - 2006)
SiblingWilliam Howard Greer (1924 - 2000)
SiblingElizabeth S. Greer ( - )
SiblingLona M. Greer ( - )
SiblingLula "Loulou" Bell Greer ( - 2000)
SiblingMartha A. Greer ( - )
SiblingMinnie Bell Greer ( - 2000)
SiblingVictor Greer ( - )
SiblingWayne Greer ( - 2000)
SiblingWorth Greer ( - 2000)