Avery County NcArchives Obituaries.....Greene, Rheuben Chester January 9, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@charter.net January 18, 2007, 2:42 pm Mitchell News-Journal 01/17/07 RHEUBEN CHESTER GREENE NEWLAND - Rheuben Chester Greene, 83, of the Roaring Creek community, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007 in Spruce Pine Community Hospital. He was the son of the late Chet and Mary Hughes Greene. He was also preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Gene Greene; three sisters, Lucy Pittman, Lillie Greene and Dora McCoury; and six brothers, Jim, George, Ed, Joe, Tom and John Greene. He had worked for Lee Medford Sawmill, and later worked for Drexel, Skyline and Henredon furniture companies, and for Tar Heel Mica Company. Survivors include his wife, Carrie Belle Gardner Greene of the home; a daughter, Charlotte Hughes of Newland; a son, Chester Greene of Spruce Pine; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at The People's Church in Roaring Creek. Revs. Ronald Owensby and Robert Beers officiated. Burial followed in Upper Hughes Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour Friday at the church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/avery/obits/g/greene416gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb