Ellery Guy Greathouse
(November 3, 1921 - September 15, 2014)

Ellery Guy (“Bud”) Greathouse passed away from natural causes on September 15, 2014 at his home in the Whispering Willows Retirement Inn, Brandon, FL at the age of 92. He was born in Washington, PA on November 3, 1921. He was preceded in death by his parents Guy Ellery Greathouse and Juanita Polan Greathouse, his wife Mary Maxine Overturf Greathouse, sisters Elsie Greathouse Paul and Jeanne Amos Peterson, brother William E. Amos, Jr., and granddaughter Monica Hewlett. Bud was raised by his maternal aunt (Dora Polan Amos) and her husband (William E. Amos) who are both deceased. He is survived by his son Dr. David G. Greathouse (Charlotte), San Antonio, TX; daughter Nancy Greathouse Hewlett (Rev Carl), Valrico, FL; grandsons David G. Greathouse II (Tracy), San Antonio, TX and Dr. Jeffrey A. Greathouse (Meme), Albuquerque, NM; and granddaughters Mareda Hewlett Westerman (John), Seffner, FL, Melanie Hewlett Hutton (Quintin), Bradenton, FL, and Marcia Hewlett Martin (Rene), Baton Rouge, LA. Bud is also survived by four great-grandchildren, David G. Greathouse III and Brooke McKenzie Greathouse, San Antonio, TX; Charity Nichole Hayes, Seffner, FL; Ann S. Greathouse, Albuquerque, NM, and Roman N. Martin, Baton Rouge, LA. Bud graduated from Washington High School where he was active in football, basketball and track, and Washington and Jefferson University where he majored in education. He served in the United States Army medical department as an operating room technician during World War II including overseas assignments in North Africa and Italy. Bud worked for Joy Manufacturing Company (coal mining machinery) for 35 years with assignments in Fairmont, WV and Huntington, WV, retiring in 1982. Bud and Maxine moved to Huntington WV in 1959 and he was an active member of the YMCA, Senior Olympics Men’s Basketball program, and Huntington Men’s Slow-Pitch Softball Association. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and Enslow Park Presbyterian Church in Huntington. Bud was a loving husband, father, and grandfather and will be missed by all those whose lives he touched. The family thanks the Whispering Willows Retirement Inn staff for their care and compassion. Arrangements entrusted to the Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary, Huntington, WV. A private family service and internment will occur at the White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville, WV. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations to the charity of your choice may be made in his memory.