James Greer Obituary

GREER, James James Edgar Greer, 88, husband of the late Barbara Ann Irwin Greer of Mt. Pleasant, SC entered into eternal rest on February 3, 2009 at his home in Mt. Pleasant under the loving care of his daughter, Judith Greer Kessler. The relatives and friends of James Greer are invited to attend his funeral service on Friday, February 6, 2009 in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL at 1:00 pm. Burial will follow in Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. The Family will receive friends on Thursday evening, February 5, 2009 from 6:00 until 8:00 pm. Mr. Greer was born October 28, 1920 in Brownwood, North Carolina, son of the late Edgar Orville Greer and Minnie Belle McGuire Greer. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II as a Staff Sergeant, was retired from Exxon Oil Refinery as a Terminal Foreman after 35 years, and a life member of Etiwan Lodge #95. He enjoyed football, gardening, creek shrimping and fishing, especially for winter trout. He has been a member of the First Baptist Church of Mount Pleasant since 1954 and supported the Fire and Rescue Squad, Hospice of Charleston and East Cooper meals on Wheels. He loved to spend time with his friends and family and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by a son, Russell Howard Greer and his wife, Monica, of Charleston, SC; daughters, Carla Jean Greer Kirkland and her husband, John, of Florence, SC, Judith Lynn Greer Kessler and her husband, Harold, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Janet Lee Greer Jenkins and her husband, Gordan, of Johns Island, SC and Cynthia Faye Greer Lamparter and her husband, David, of Marshall, MO; step-daughters, Virginia Trainer Keller and her husband, Doug, of Huger, SC and Linda Ann Trainer of Bloomington, IL; a sister Helen McGuire Greer Lominac and her husband, Harold, of Winston-Salem, NC; fourteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Ann Irwin Greer, granddaughter, Kelly Huhs, brothers, Fred Tunner Greer and Vincent Howard Greer, a sister, Jessie Virginia Greer Barrineau, and his loving companion, his dog, "Lucy." In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Charleston Foundation, 676 Wando Park Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 or East Cooper Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 583, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website www.jhenrystuhr.com. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.