 1924 - 2011 (87 years)
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| Name |
Monroe Ford Greene [1] |
| Birth |
1924 |
Crescent City, Putnam, Florida, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1930 |
Suwanee Shoals, Columbia, Florida, USA [1] |
| Death |
6 Nov 2011 |
Chapin, Lexington, South Carolina, USA |
- A memorial service for Monroe Ford Greene, 90, will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday, Nov.10th at Shandon Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends following the service in Fellowship Hall. Honorary pallbearers are the members of the Ray Riddle Sunday School Class. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family.
Mr. Greene died Nov.6th. He was born in Crescent City, FL, to the parents of the late Zacharia Parker Green and Sallie Johns Green. A veteran of WW II and the Korean War, he was in the 77th Infantry Division serving in the Pacific. He served as an enlisted man and officer. He was separated as a major and received a Bronze Star, Expert and Combat Infantryman badges and Bronze Arrowhead.
Mr. Greene graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.S. degree in forestry and a master's in forest management. He received an award for Outstanding Achievement in the Profession of Forestry and was a member of Alpha Zeta (National Honorary Agriculture Society), Xi Sigma Pi (National Honorary Forestry Society, and Phi Kappa Phi (National Honorary Society at University of Georgia).
Mr. Greene was a consultant forester and land surveyor for 40 years. He retired from Kershaw County Assessor's office in Camden. He was a member and greeter at Shandon Presbyterian Church, a Sunday school teacher, Boy Scout leader, and a member of the Ray Riddle Sunday School class.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Martha McAllister Greene of Chapin; son, Clifford (Violet D.) Greene of Boston, MA; daughters, Susan Drossos of Chapin, Sandra (Stuart) Sosniak of Plantation, FL, and Barbara (Shahram) Novinbakht of Ballentine; daughters-in-law, Denise Greene and Kim Greene, seven grandsons, Russ (Nadia) Greene, Michael Drossos, Alex Drossos, Matthew Greene, Arya Novinbakht, Keya Novinbakht, Jhian Novinbakht; two granddaughters, Elizabeth Browne and Carrie (Cory) Land; one great-grandson, Christopher Browne; and sister, Eula Studstill of Lakeland, FL.
Mr. Greene was preceded in death by sons, Monroe "Chip" Greene Jr. and Gordon Greene.
Memorials may be made to Shandon Presbyterian Church, 607 Woodrow Street, Columbia, SC 29205.
Please sign the online guestbook at DunbarFunerals.com.
Published by The State on Nov. 9, 2011.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thestate/name/monroe-greene-obituary?id=13774828
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| Person ID |
I5942 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Parker Zachariah Greene, b. 14 Jan 1882, Columbia, Florida, USA d. 7 Dec 1944 (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Sallie Johns, b. 20 Aug 1886, Folkston, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 8 Dec 1971 (Age 85 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
Feb 1920 |
Columbia, Florida, USA |
| Family ID |
F1632 |
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 | Birth - 1924 - Crescent City, Putnam, Florida, USA |
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 | Death - 6 Nov 2011 - Chapin, Lexington, South Carolina, USA |
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| Sources |
- [S337] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
Year: 1930; Census Place: Suwanee Shoals, Columbia, Florida; Roll: 308; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 3; Image: 676.0.
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