Angela H. Greer

Angie Greer passed away at her home in Cordele peacefully and with family Sunday, August 3, 2025. She was a Cordele resident most of her adult life, settling here with her late husband Dr. Charles C. Greer, III and their son Carlton, who survives her.
Angela Ruth Hitchcock Greer was born July 31, 1942 in Dunedin, Florida to the late Rev. O.V. Hitchcock and the late Jane Loveless Hitchcock. Florida, the sun and the sand, always held a special place in her heart, as did her brothers, Howard and Rudy Hitchcock, and her nieces and nephews who survive her there. She was preceded in death by her parents and a young sister, Susan.
Angie graduated from Melborne High School and from Florida State University with a bachelor's degree in Nursing. She then moved to Atlanta, her mother's hometown, where she earned her master's in Nursing at Emory University, where her father had attended seminary. Angie worked many years as a nurse and even taught Nursing at Emory. There she met lifelong friends and, of course, the love of her life, Charles, who was a medical resident at Emory. They married on June 6, 1970 at Grace Methodist Church in Atlanta.
She was reluctant to relocate to Cordele, the small South Georgia town from which Charles hailed, but quickly grew to love the people here and couldn't imagine living anywhere else.
Angie was a Methodist. She was always very active in her churches throughout her life and until her health no longer allowed her to get out. She was a Sunday school teacher for decades (a bible scholar by most measures) and was active in many other leadership roles. She, along with Charles and Carlton, twice made medical mission trips to Africa. She embodied commitment to the Christian commandment to love and serve one another.
Angie was constantly contributing her time and energy to various organizations and causes. The most important of these was the National Federation of Music Clubs, where she served as President of Georgia and National Chairperson of Junior Festivals. Angie loved music, and she became keenly interested in these junior festivals where young people performed pieces (mainly piano) for professional-musician judges. She went from getting involved at a local level to actually running the program nation-wide for many years. She was committed to promoting American artists and composers and enjoyed traveling throughout the country hearing wonderful music with her « music club » friends and colleagues.
Angie loved to travel, and she visited five continents. She loved to visit her son Carlton in Paris, France and in New York City. Music always played a role in these visits, and Angie enjoyed many performances with Carlton at opera houses and concert halls in Paris, London, Vienna and New York.
Angie was also very happy to be home in Cordele and enjoyed active involvement in various bridge, book and social clubs. The Thalian Club was particularly beloved to her. Her dear mother-in-law, the late Martha Fox Greer, and dear sister-in-law, the late Jane Greer LaPorte, introduced her to this Shakespeare-focused literary club and Angie participated actively as long as she could.
Angie lived a long, full and beautiful life. She will be deeply missed by all whose lives she touched.
Angie and Carlton would especially like to thank her wonderful team of caregivers for their love, dedication and companionship these last several years: Linda Felton, Dorothy Smith, Christine Felton and Janette Dawson.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 8, 2025 at Cordele First Church with Rev. Larry Rollins officiating. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service Friday beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the church.