Nellie Miller Greene

May 15, 1913 — September 5, 2009

Nellie Miller Greene died on September 6, 2009 at the age of 96 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Born May15, 1913, in Lafayette, Indiana, she was the fourth child of Edward Thomas Miller and Etta Kidwell Miller. In 1930 she married North Carolina native Ralph B. Greene. The marriage lasted 66 years until his death in 1996. They resided in Lafayette and Raleigh before retiring to Florida in the early 1980s. Nellie was a comptroller with Sears, Roebuck and Company, where she was employed for thirty years. In 2004, Nellie returned to North Carolina, residing at Jordan Oaks Independent Living Center in Cary. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lafayette and a charter member of Ridge Road Baptist Church in Raleigh. She is survived by her son, Jack Phillip Greene and his wife Amy Turner Bushnell, of East Greenwich, Rhode Island; her daughter, Jill Greene Whitaker and her husband, Thomas Whitaker, of Cary; grandchildren, Jacqueline Megan Greene of Lawrence, Kansas; Granville Greene of Sante Fe, New Mexico; Laura Smith and Chris Whitaker of Cary; and Courtney Whitaker of Wilmington; and four great grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Clingman, North Carolina. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 1300 St. Mary's Street, Suite 400, Raleigh, NC 27605. Elkin Funeral Service is serving the Greene family.

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