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Submitted: 3/19/21 • Approved: 3/19/21 • Last Updated: 3/22/21 • R1367225-G1367223-S3
Grady Joel Greene, Jr.
December 19, 1930 - December 12, 2010
Married January 26, 1953
Mary Ruth Warren Greene
April 23, 1931 - September 13, 2011
Obituary
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas
Grady J. Greene, Jr., 79 of Russellville, passed away Sunday in Russellville. He was born December 19, 1930 in Stuttgart, AR.
He was the son of the late Grady J. Greene, Sr. and Vivian Moss Gooch Greene, a U. S. Air Force veteran of Korea, a Mason and a Methodist. He was a square dance caller.
He graduated with his Dr's (EDD) in Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado in Greely, CO, and accepted a position in the Music Department at Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico where he retired as the Head of the Department of Fine Arts and moved to Fullerton, TX. He remained active in the community as a member of the Rock Port Lodge No. 323 AF & AM. In 2002, Grady and Mary Ruth returned to Arkansas settling down in Russellville. Grady continued working arranging music for Brass and assisting with the summer Band Camps.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Ruth Warren Greene of Russellville; his son, David Greene of Fort Worth, TX; granddaughter, Jennifer Greene and great-granddaughter, Heylei Ann Grace Greene of T or C, New Mexico and grandson, T.J. Greene of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Obituary
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas
Mary Ruth Warren Greene, 80 of Keller, TX, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2011 in Keller, TX. She was born April 23, 1931 in Mt. Ida, AR to the late George W. Warren and Ellie Upton Warren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Grady J. Greene, was a retired school teacher, a graduate of Hendrix College and a Methodist.
She is survived by her son David Greene and wife Judy of Keller, TX; one brother, Howard Warren of Morrilton, AR; one grandson, T.J. Green of Tulsa, OK; one granddaughter, Jennifer Greene of T or C, New Mexico; and one great-granddaughter, Heylei Ann Grace Greene of T or C, New Mexico.
Contributed on 3/19/21 by deltabelle55
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