Obituary of Virginia Faye Greene

Mrs. Virginia Faye Greene, age 84, of Lenoir, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at TerraBella Assisted Living of Newton. Born November 25, 1938 in Blowing Rock, she was a daughter of Charles Robert and Lola Greene Spann. Mrs. Greene was a member of Middle Fork Baptist Church and attended as long as health permitted. She enjoyed traveling with her husband during his Air Force Military career and especially loved living in Germany and Puerto Rico. Always the sports enthusiast she excelled in the position of pitcher in women's fast pitch soft ball, however, she felt being an excellent mother was her priority in life. Mrs. Greene retired from Belk Department Store in Lenoir as a sales associate. She is survived by her sons, Michael John Greene and wife, Cynthia and Gary Robert Greene and wife, Deborah, all of Hickory; grandson, Brandon Michael Greene and wife, Leah of Advance and granddaughter, Kelly Andrew Greene of Lexington; great grandchildren, Ty and Glen Greene; brother, Clarence Spann and wife, Barbara of Collettsville; and step grand-children, Justin Wilcox of Singapore and Brooke Wilcox of Kannapolis. She was preceded in death by her husband, John B. Greene, Jr.; brother, Phillip Spann and half-brother, Lawrence Greene. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon, April 15, at 2 o'clock at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Chapel, officiated by Rev. Raymond Spann. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 o'clock, prior to services, at Austin & Barnes. Graveside services will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock. Online condolences may be shared at the website www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Greene family;