Remembering James Alexander Greer

James Alexander Greer, born in Concho, Arizona, 29 Aug 1900, is the ninth child of John Harris and Orpha Greer.  Jim attended grade school and high school in St. Johns, followed by a year at State Normal in Flagstaff.  He then helped his folks on the ranch. In 1918 he went to live with his

sister, Sabina Law, in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked in the railroad shops and learned to weld. He held what he called 'a most interesting job' as a maintenance welder on the Boulder Dam from 1932 to 1935.  In that year he went to Los Angeles and worked with Spurs and Meadows Company and then had his own welding business.

Jim married Mary Hinge 14 July 1921 and they were later divorced. When Laura Jones Sherwood Paddock became his wife in 1938, he adopted her daughter, Lorene Paddock (Mrs. August William Mahlestede). Jim and Laura's son, James Sherwood Greer, was born to them 5 April 1939 in Long Beach, California.  Jim wrote of becoming active in the East Los Angeles Stake of the Church and of meeting and admiring the Prophet David O. McKay.

Jim & Mary Hinge

Jim died 23 November 1978 in Springerville, Arizona, and is buried in St. Johns.  His son James died 8 July 1986 in Springerville, Arizona.

Jim 1970