Services: Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 10:00AM in Hollywood Church of the Nazarene, Hollywood, MD.. Interment will follow in the Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

Visitation: The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 in the funeral home chapel from 5:00PM until 8:00PM with prayers being said at 7:00PM.

Laura May Greenwell, 83, of California, MD and formerly of McAndrews, KY died January 19, 2008 at St. Mary's Nursing Center. Born February 3, 1924 in Lynn, WV she was the daughter of the late James Walter and Mary Angeline Street Abshire. She was the loving wife of the late Ignatius Valley Greenwell whom she married on September 9, 1944 in Elkton, MD and who preceded her in death on August 31, 1992.

She is survived by her children; Janet Jenkins and her husband Bill of Cape Coral, FL, Gerry Greenwell and his wife Margo of Gray, TN, Danny Greenwell and his wife Sandy of Hollywood, MD, Sharon Ferris and her late husband Danny of Waldorf, MD and Lisa Driver of Lehigh Acres, FL, siblings; Juanita Hutchison of Huntington, WV and Glendine Stewart of Hawthorne, FL, as well as 6 grandchildren; Denny MacRae, Dawn (MacRae) Lopes, Gerry Greenwell Jr., Ryan Greenwell, Margo Ann Greenwell and Kaitlyn Greenwell and 4 great-grandchildren; Kristin, Jamie, Jesse and Mason. She was preceded in death by her brothers Vernon, Dewey and James Abshire and her sisters Retha Smith and Margie King.

Laura moved to St. Mary's County in 1947 from McAndrews, KY and spent her career as a homemaker for 63 years with a PhD in motherhood. She enjoyed listening to country music, playing bingo, growing flowers, cooking for her family and watching The Price is Right and soaps.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 10:00 AM in Hollywood Church of the Nazarene, Hollywood, MD with Rev. Verne Haskell officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers will be Forest Wose, Ray Cameron, Joe Michael Hall, Vincent Langley, Ryan Greenwell and Jack Behr. Honorary pallbearers will be Sonny Greenwell, Luis Lopes, Denny MacRae, James Elmer Greenwell, Bill Jenkins and Clarence Adams.

Contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Mary's, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.