Simone J. ‘Grannie’ Greenlee

Published 5:00 am Monday, June 9, 2008

Services for Simone J. Greenlee, of Brookhaven, will be held at11 a.m. on Saturday, June 7, at Harrigill Funeral Home Chapel withthe Rev. Bendon Ginn officiating.

Visitation is Friday from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeralhome.

Mrs. Greenlee, 86, died June 3, 2008, at Silver Cross Home. Shewas born in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada, on Sept. 17, 1921, toPierre and Marie Morin Dube.

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She was known throughout Brookhaven as “Grannie.” Her ministrywas unique. For more than two decades she played harmonica andbrought comfort to shut-ins in local nursing homes andhospitals.

Preceding her in death were her parents, her husbands, GeorgeParisian, Bobby McLean and Johnny Greenlee; and her brother RogerDube Sr.

Survivors are her daughter, Janet Parisian, of Mesa, Ariz.; hersister-in-law, Anna Dube; a nephew, nieces and several cousins; andmany friends, including Roy and Ulla Jolley and the faith communityat Easthaven Baptist Church.

In celebration of Grannie’s life, the family requests that blacknot be worn at the service, and to consider wearing Grannie’sfavorite color, red.