Florence Leoma Greer,
affectionately known as Flossie, is the tenth of the fourteen children of John
Harris and Orpha Nichol Greer. She was born on Greer Ranch in Greer Valley
(later Hunt) nine miles north of Concho, Arizona. Flossie's grandfather, Thomas
Lacy Greer, had purchased the ranch in 1878 and after his death in
1881, Flossie's parents operated the ranch and raised their family there.
Flossie's schooling was
in St. Johns and she later attended business college in San Francisco. She married George Ellis
Crosby 27 Dec 1922 in St. Johns (though their 11 April 1947 sealing in the Arizona Temple is etched
on their gravestone). They made their home in Greer, Arizona, and in the Salt
River Valley where they raised their seven children: George Lorenzo,
John Harris, Roy Rulon, Donald Parker, James Greer, Sylvia Ann, and Linda.
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Flossie established the
A.V. Greer Memorial Library and ran the Post Office in Greer.
She loved genealogy work.
After their LDS mission to Australia, George and Flossie lived in Mesa
where they
served in the Mesa Arizona Temple for seven years. They both
died in Mesa and were buried near their son Lorenzo (who was killed in World
War II) and other family members in the Eagar Arizona Cemetery.
