Howard Aubrey Greer
April 26, 1921 — January 21, 2013
Howard Aubrey Greer
Howard Aubrey Greer died on Monday, January 21, 2013 after a long life of 91 years. Howard was born in Pinckney, Michigan, and raised in Dayton, TN. He was a young child when the Scopes Monkey Trial took place in Dayton. Part of the trial was held outside and he could vividly remember the big wooden stand outside the courthouse window.
During the Depression, Howard moved with his mom, dad and sister to Kingsport where his dad ran a lunch counter in downtown Kingsport. The family lived on Ravine Street and today parts of Wellmont Hospital cover the grounds where the house stood.
In the Fall of 1941, Howard went to work in the Tenite Division of Eastman Kodak. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, young men in Kingsport were required to sign up for the draft and Howard received his draft notice in the mail August 1, 1942. After basic training, he discovered he would be a US Army Air Corp instructor on a teletype machine - a machine two months previously he barely knew existed. After the war ended, Howard used the GI Bill and took Eastman's apprenticeship program in Industrial Instruments. He later worked for Dr. Bill Kennedy in the Research Division and completed his career with many years service in the Engineering Division.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 70 years, Christine Bradley Greer; a son, Mike Greer of Oakland Park, Florida; a daughter, Pat G. Walsh and her husband, Jim Walsh of Kingsport; one sister, Norma Haire of Tucson, Arizona; and one nephew, Chad Haire of Phoenix, Arizona.
The family will receive friends on Wedneday from 12-1:00 pm at Hamlett-Dobson, Kingsport. Funeral services will follow in the chapel at 1:00 pm. A private burial service will be conducted at East Lawn Memorial Park.
Many thanks go out to the wonderful staff at Wellmont Hospital and Wellmont Hospice for the excellent care both he and his family received at the end of his life.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Boy's Home, Inc., 414 Boy's Home Road, Covington, VA 24226.
During the Depression, Howard moved with his mom, dad and sister to Kingsport where his dad ran a lunch counter in downtown Kingsport. The family lived on Ravine Street and today parts of Wellmont Hospital cover the grounds where the house stood.
In the Fall of 1941, Howard went to work in the Tenite Division of Eastman Kodak. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, young men in Kingsport were required to sign up for the draft and Howard received his draft notice in the mail August 1, 1942. After basic training, he discovered he would be a US Army Air Corp instructor on a teletype machine - a machine two months previously he barely knew existed. After the war ended, Howard used the GI Bill and took Eastman's apprenticeship program in Industrial Instruments. He later worked for Dr. Bill Kennedy in the Research Division and completed his career with many years service in the Engineering Division.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 70 years, Christine Bradley Greer; a son, Mike Greer of Oakland Park, Florida; a daughter, Pat G. Walsh and her husband, Jim Walsh of Kingsport; one sister, Norma Haire of Tucson, Arizona; and one nephew, Chad Haire of Phoenix, Arizona.
The family will receive friends on Wedneday from 12-1:00 pm at Hamlett-Dobson, Kingsport. Funeral services will follow in the chapel at 1:00 pm. A private burial service will be conducted at East Lawn Memorial Park.
Many thanks go out to the wonderful staff at Wellmont Hospital and Wellmont Hospice for the excellent care both he and his family received at the end of his life.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Boy's Home, Inc., 414 Boy's Home Road, Covington, VA 24226.
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