Obituary of Ralph J. Greene
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Mr. Ralph Jerry Greene, age 92, of Blevins Lane, Elk Park and a former resident of Sugar Grove, passed away Wednesday morning, April 18, 2012. Born February 14, 1920 in Watauga County, he was a son of the late Zilla and Rosa Isaacs Greene. Mr. Greene was retired from the Department of Transportation where he was a truck driver. Ralph was a WWII veteran of the US Army and the US Navy. He a member of Antioch Baptist Church.
Mr. Greene is survived by one daughter, Deanie Wolfe of Vilas; two sons, Jerry Greene and wife, Debra, of Vilas and Tony Greene of Sugar Grove; three step-daughters, Wilma Gail Ward of Sugar Grove, Billie Paulette Greene and husband, Larry, of Fleetwood, and Ella Jean Harris and husband, Vincent, of Wilkesboro; and one brother, Fred Greene and wife, Anna Mae, of Vilas. Fourteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren also survive. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Retha Love Greene, his second wife, Josephine Mae Guy Greene, one son, Robert Estel Greene, one sister, Pearl Greer, and two brothers, Estel and Ivy Greene.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon, April 20, 2012, at 2 o'clock at Antioch Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Delmar James and Rev. Carl Wilson. Burial with military honors provided by American Legion Post 130 will follow in the Dow Ward Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 o'clock until 7:30 at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. At other times friends may call at the residence of Jerry Greene, 115 Deer Haven Lane, Vilas, NC 28692.
Online condolences may be sent to the Greene family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Greene family.