Duroy Wilmot Greenwood
Duroy Wilmot Greenwood, 92, died Oct. 29, 2010, in Marble Falls. He was born Sept. 18, 1918, to Jesse Clinton and Dora (Gilpatrick) Greenwood in Livingston, Tenn.
The family moved to Yeager, Okla., in the 1920s. He graduated from Yeager High School. On Jan. 16, 1941, he enlisted in the Army and was honorably discharged Oct. 10, 1945, as a corporal from the 120th Medical Battalion. On April 1, 1943, he married Mildred McKenzie.
He was a farmer in Oklahoma, then left farming to work in the oil fields in Aztec, N.M., then to Odessa in the 1960s where he lived and worked as a heavy equipment mechanic for JP Bum Gibbons and Connor Construction Co.
He stayed busy helping neighbors and doing car repairs until his health declined. He had a strong work ethic and was a man of good moral character. He paid cash for all purchases and remained a man of his word.
He was baptized in the Bible Free Will Baptist Church in Odessa when he was 84.
In his last years at Northwood Health Care Center in Marble Falls, “PawPaw” kept everyone entertained with his quick-witted comebacks.
Survivors include his daughters Vena Hughes and husband Jerry Hughes of Odessa, Vera Bain of Owasso, Okla., and Valera Snodgrass of Marble Falls; grandchildren Becky and Robert Stowe, Russell and Denise Bain, Brent and Carey Hughes, and Karen Snodgrass; great-grandchildren Jerry Armbrister, Tyler Armbrister, Sloan and Lindsey Bain, Morgan Bain, Megan Bain and Kenneth Hughes; sisters Vada Meadors of Holdenville, Okla., Betty Ree Horn of Seminole, Okla.; and brother Oral Greenwood of Holdenville, Okla.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Mildred in 1994; grandson Rodney Bain, son-in-law Carol Bain; and sister Kathleen Greenwood.
The family thanks the caretakers at Northwood Health Care Center, especially Michele, Shona and Kellie.
A graveside service is 11 a.m. Nov. 2 at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa. A donation in his memory can be made to a charity of choice.
Arrangements are under the direction of Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home of Marble Falls, 1805 U.S. 281 North in Marble Falls, (830) 693-4373.
Condolences can be offered at wwww.clementswilcoxfuneralhome.com.