Important Family Dates for November

Here are some dates that are important to the family in November:

15: Harris' mother, Catherine Ellen Camp Greer, died on this date in 1929 at the age of 92 at her home in Holbrook following a short illness. [Harris had died three years before.] She is buried in St. Johns beside her beloved husband Thomas Lacy Greer.

23: James Alexander Greer (the 9th child of Orpha and Harris) died on this date in 1978 at the age of 78 in Springerville, Arizona. He is buried in St. Johns as well.

25: Harris' parents, Thomas Lacy Greer and Catherine Ellen Camp, were married on this date in 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a brief courtship.

30: Nathan Edward Greer [child #12] married Blanche Hamblin on this date in 1927 in Gallup, New Mexico. They had two children, Davena and Sherman.

Happy Birthday, Grandma Greer!

 

 

October 17th marks the 180th birthday of Harris' mother, Catherine Ellen Camp Greer. We celebrate her life with the following poem written to honor her 85th birthday and read at a celebration hosted by her Relief Society sisters in Holbrook:

Grandma Greer, we're so glad you're here

With your sweet face so full of cheer.

Though your cheeks are furrowed with lines of care

Still there is a rare beauty there.

For more beautiful than youth

Are the furrows of kindness, wisdom, and truth.

Our thoughts are like pen and ink

And write on our faces what we do and think.

So if we keep out thoughts kind, sweet, and true,

We will grow old and beautiful just like you.

Saying Goodbye to Evelyn Greer Whiting

Evelyn Greer Whiting, the daughter of Thomas Lacy and Nellie Thomas Greer, peacefully passed away on September 28, 2017, at the age of 95. Here is a link to her obituary:

http://www.burnhammortuary.com/obituary/evelyn-whiting

[FYI: The obituary incorrectly records her marriage to Fernard Whiting. They were actually married September 20, 1941, and later sealed in the temple on February 13, 1965.]



Her niece, Kelli Tice Crosby, shared the following tribute on Facebook on the day of Evelyn's passing:

"My Aunt Evelyn passed away this morning peacefully. Oh I will miss her, but grateful she is finally with her husband and children, all of whom passed years ago. I can see her with my grandmother just visiting away and smiling through tears of joy. Thank you for loving me and for everything you taught me about the strength of women in our family."

Funeral services were held for Evelyn on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at the St. Johns Stake Center in St. Johns, Arizona. Rachel Bates, Evelyn's granddaughter, shared the following details and photos:

Family Prayer: Randy Lee

Conducting: Bishop Trent Hancock

Opening Hymn: "Secret Prayer"

Opening Prayer: Garth Greer

Life Story: Bonnie Helms

Musical Number: "Homeward Bound" by the Ward Choir

Talk: Rachel Bates

Musical Number: "On the Road to Emmaus" by Boyd Lee

Talk: Bruce Jackson

Closing Remarks: Bishop Trent Hancock

Closing Hymn: "God Be With You 'Till We Meet Again"

Closing Prayer: Ron Bates

Dedication of the Grave: Dan Heap

Pall Bearers: C.J. Romero, Easton Waters, Jake Malanca, Anthony Greer, Boyd Lee, Curt Lee, Justin Lee

Honorary Pall Bearers: Kent Waters, Ret Waters, Payton Waters, Chris Romero, Jeff Waters, Ron Bates, Ken Malanca, Mitchell Eagar, Burl Helms, Chuck Gilliespie, Buz Whiting

Kate's Funeral Services

Kate passed away on October 7, 1970, from heart failure due to cancer. Her funeral services were held on Saturday, October 10, 1970, in Holbrook, Arizona. Here are some photos of her daughter Margaret Stradling Ballantyne, her son-in-law Tom Ballantyne, and other family members who gathered to honor her.

the program from Kate's funeral services

L-R: Margaret Stradling Ballantyne, Maxine Parks Mills, Arza Lacy Greer, Margaret Greer Nichols

L-R: Ken Dewitt, Lacy Greer, Edna Hunt, Myrtle Thomson Greer, Pratt Greer

Flossie Greer Crosby (far left) and family

various family members

L-R: Sabina Greer Law, Flossie Greer Crosby

L-R: [back row] Leland Greer, Garth Greer
[seated] May Greer (Garth's wife), Geneva Greer, Flossie Greer Crosby, Margaret Stradling Ballantyne

L-R: [back] Elzetta Brown DeWitt (Myrtle's daughter), Kathleen Law Taylor (Sabina's daughter),
Florence Greer Varney (Irvin's daughter)
[front] Margaret S. Ballantyne, Sabina Greer Law, Flossie Greer Crosby, Tom Ballantyne

L-R: [back] Elzetta Brown DeWitt, Kathleen Law Taylor, Ken DeWitt
[front] Flossie Greer Crosby, Margaret S. Ballantyne, Sabina Greer Law, Florence Greer Varney

L-R: [back] Elzetta Brown DeWitt, Kathleen Law Taylor
[front] Tom Ballantyne, Margaret S. Ballantyne, Sabina Greer Law, Flossie Greer Crosby, Florence Greer Varney