Greenwell, Francis Albert
Birth: Tuesday, April 30, 1935 in Ridge, Maryland
Death: Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the age of 78
Laid to Rest: Thursday, January 23, 2014 in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Cemetery, Lexington Park, Maryland
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Francis Albert Greenwell was born in Ridge, Maryland on April 30, 1935 and departed this life on January 16, 2014. He was the son of the late James Ralph Grinnell and Sophia Mae Barnes Reed.

Francis, grew up in Ridge, Maryland where he also attended school before he met and married his wife of fifty-three years, Brunia 'Mae' Harris Greenwell. Not long after getting married, he and his wife moved to Washington, DC where he worked construction before taking his first Federal government job at the Arlington Cemetery. While living in Washington, Francis and his wife were blessed with six children.

He later left the government and started a janitorial service before later returning to the Lexington Park area in 1976. He spent several years working private sector jobs until he was reinstated to government service with the Department of Navy at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station where he worked for several years before transferring to the Washington Navy Yard. Francis completed 20 years of government service to retire in May 1997, although he continued to work periodically until late 2012.

Francis is preceded in death by both parents, his loving wife and one sister, Diane Bryan. 

He leaves behind six children, Taunya Greenwell, Debora (Greenwell) Dickens, Anthony (Gerald) Greenwell, Ricardo (Ricky) Greenwell, Shana (Greenwell) Taylor and Donna Greenwell, one sister, Jeannette Price and one brother Andrew Jenifer as well as thirteen grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, two son-in-laws and one daughter-in-law, and a long list of loving sister-in-laws, brother-in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. 

He was loved, respected and treasured and will be truly missed.

Family and friends will unite on Thursday, January 23,  2014 for visitation at 10:00 am until Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 22375 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, MD. Interment to follow in the church cemetery.

Arrangements by Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home, Mechanicsville, MD.
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