William Greene

Waynesville, William Hooper Greene, age 100, died on Friday, September 5, 2008 at Autumn Care Nursing Home. A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Robert Taylor Greene and Glennie Fine Greene. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Lona Kirkpatrick Greene, who died in 1995; one son, William Clifford Greene; an infant daughter, Deborah Elaine Greene; a great grandson, Justin Eisbacher; five brothers, Hobert, Robert, Elmer, Raymond, and Jack Greene; and three sisters, Bonnie Fisher, Georgie Nix, and Martha Lois Greene. He was a self-employed heating and plumbing contractor. He enjoyed woodworking, building grandfather clocks, and had built fiddles for each of his family members. He built houses, including the house he lived in, and enjoyed raising sheep up until the age of 93 and also enjoyed gardening. He was a member of Ratcliffe Cove Baptist Church. He is survived by two daughters, Vivian Kelley and her husband, Jack, of Waynesville and Louise Nanney and her husband, Roy, of Morristown, TN; one sister, Edna Swanger, of Clyde; five grandchildren, Emily K. Nelson and her husband, David, of AK, Sharon Blair, of Daytona Beach, FL, Shelia Lopez of CA, Ed Kelley and his wife, Jo, of Waynesville, and Phil Kelley and his wife, Vicki, of Mars Hill; and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 8, 2008 in the Waynesville chapel of Wells Funeral Home with Reverend Jay Jones and Reverend Bill Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 2:00 p.m. on Monday prior to services. Serving as pallbearers will be Doug Edwards, Sam McCracken, Phil Kelley, Ron Gillett, Mike Swanger and Kevin Trantham. Memorials may be made to Ratcliffe Cove Baptist Church Building Fund, 1300 Ratcliffe Cove Road, Waynesville, NC 28786 or Autumn Care Activities Fund, P.O. Box 330, Waynesville, NC 28786.

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