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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

DR. JOHN L. GREENE.
    Dr. John L. Greene, optometrist of El Dorado, enjoying an extensive practice
as the result of his comprehensive scientific knowledge and practical skill, was
born in Ruston, Louisiana, on the 9th of August, 1873, his parents being
Malaciah B. and Mary Jane (Gathright) Greene, the former a native of Alabama,
while the latter was born in Union county, Arkansas. Both, however, were reared
in Louisiana, to which state they accompanied their parents during their early
childhood.

    Dr. Greene spent his youthful days in Lincoln parish, Louisiana, and
completed his education in the Fellowship high school of that parish. When a
youth of sixteen years he began work at the bench in a jewelry and optical store
in Shiloh, Louisiana, and served his apprenticeship under A. J. Mashaw of
Palmerville, that state. In 1893 he returned to Ruston, where he established
himself in the jewelry and optical business, there continuing until 1896, whence
he removed to Junction City, where he was successfully engaged in business until
1912. However, in 1906 he bought out the jewelry business of Constantine &
Fuller in El Dorado and conducted the two stores until six years later, at which
time the Junction City store was closed out, but the El Dorado store was
continued until February 1, 1921. For some years previous to the latter date Dr.
Greene had been a consistent student of optometry and his jewelry business had
become only a means to an end. In 1903. he attended the Kansas School of
Optometry at Topeka, Kansas, and in 1905 he pursued a course in optometry at
Atlanta, Georgia, while in 1912 he attended the Needles Optical Institute at
Kansas City, Missouri. Thus continuing his studies along this line so that his
ability was constantly increasing, he finally closed out his store on the 1st of
February, 1921, in order to give his entire attention to the practice of
optometry. He then opened offices in the Security Bank & Trust building, where
he is now located and at the present time he is concentrating his undivided
attention upon his profession. He is splendidly qualified for the work by
thorough training and is most conscientious in the performance of his
professional duties. Since 1915 he has been a member of the state examining
board of optometry and has throughout this period served as secretary and
treasurer of the board. He belongs to the Arkansas Optical Society and utilizes
every means that will broaden his knowledge and promote his efficiency in his
chosen calling.

    Dr. Greene was married on the 24th of December, 1893, to Miss Elizabeth
Pauline Mitchell of Schoudrant, Louisiana, and they have become the parents of
three children: Alonzo Maughan, Clara Mitchell and Muriel Alice. Dr. Greene
belongs to El Dorado Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M.; also to El Dorado Chapter,
No. 114, R. A. M.; El Dorado Chapter, No. 280, O. E. S.; and all of his children
are likewise members of the Eastern Star, while the son belongs also to El
Dorado Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M. Dr Greene is identified with the Scottish
Rite bodies, having attained the thirty-second degree in Albert Pike Consistory,
No. 1, A. & A. S. R. He belongs to the El Dorado school board and has always
taken an active interest in educational work and in civic affairs, supporting
all those plans and measures which look to the development of the community
intellectually or to the promotion of those interests which are a matter of
civic virtue and civic pride. He and all of his family hold membership in the
Baptist church, in which he is serving as deacon and no good work clone in the
name of charity or religion seeks his aid in vain. By reason of his intense and
helpful interest in the material, intellectual, social and moral welfare of the
community he is classed with El Dorado's foremost citizens and highly honored men.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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