Ralph Blaine Greenlee

Ralph Blaine Greenlee obituary

Ralph Blaine Greenlee

Ralph Greenlee Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Crow-Hussell Funeral Home - Point Pleasant on Oct. 29, 2025.
Ralph Blaine Greenlee, age 78, of Point Pleasant, WV, passed away at his home on October 29, 2025.

Ralph, many knew as "Blaine" Greenlee was born May 26, 1947, in Leon, WV to the late Ralph Anson and Vada M. Smith Greenlee. Besides his parents he is preceded in death by his only sister, Nettie Greenlee.

Ralph graduated high school and found his way to a job at the AKZO Plant in Gallipolis Ferry, WV a place he would work his entire life and retire from as an Assistant Lab Tech, when he wasn't working, he loved the outdoors, garage sitting listening to music, the "good old country stuff" as he would call it, in his younger days he even played music around the area with Larry Smith, Ralph was a self-labeled Guitar picker back in his glory days.

Those who knew him knew he had a love for hunting and as he got older, he loved to mow his grass and any other grass that needed attention, those close also knew he had a gift of storytelling, whether it be a hunting story of his, or one that he got wind of he had a way of taking that story adding his twist and making it his own in a way that only he could.

Surviving Ralph leaves behind is wife, Betty Sue, children Lori (David) Byus, Beth (Alex) Martin, and Robert (Katrina) Greenlee, one brother Kenny (Carol) Greenlee of LeRoy, WV. Three grandchildren, Kelsie and Kaylee Byus and Aubree Greenlee, along with a host of friends that will all miss him in their own way.

Services for Ralph Blaine Greenlee will be Friday, October 31, 2025, at Crow-Hussell Funeral Home, with visitation from 1:00 until 2:00, with the funeral service, officiated by Pastor Joe Nott, beginning at 2:00. Burial will follow at Leon Cemetery in Leon, WV where he will be reunited and surrounded by family.

Family and friends may express condolences online at: crowhussellfh.com.

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