Chad Eric Greene

GREENE KERNERSVILLE - Mr. Chad Eric Greene, age 34, of Kernersville, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Chad was born in Forsyth County on June 24, 1975 to E. Wayne and Pamela Nelson Greene. He graduated from Glenn High School, Kernersville in 1993 and later attended Appalachian State University and Guilford Technical Community College. As a youth, he was an Eagle Scout and enjoyed baseball, soccer, and football even during his adult years. Chad was a Fire Equipment Operator for 13 years with the High Point Fire Department, currently stationed with Station # 4 and was also a member of the Union Cross Fire Department in Kernersville since the age of 15 and was the present Assistance Chief. He was awarded the 2008 Squad Person of the Year at Union Cross. Chad was an active member of the Union Cross Moravian Church. On November 14, 199, he married the former Kimberly Brothers, who survives of the home. Surviving in addition to his wife, are his children: daughter, Emma Kaitlyn Greene and son, Jacob "Jake" Austin Greene, and his unborn child, due in June of 2010. Also surviving are his parents, Wayne and Pamela Greene of High Point; and one sister, Courtney Greene Draper and husband, Mark of Kernersville. Chad is also survived by his in-laws, Kermit and Cathy Brothers of Walkertown and his brother-in-law, Kermit Brothers, III and wife, Rachel. In addition, Chad has nieces and nephews, Caleb Draper, Morgan and Bradley Hamilton. Special thanks are extended to his cousins, Rodney, Kristen, Kendall, Bryan, and Mandy, the "Fire Fighter Buds" and his many loving aunts and uncles and Chad's many "Fire Fighter Brothers and Sisters". Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2 p.m. in Green Street Baptist Church, 303 N. Rotary Drive, High Point with the Reverend Donald Griffin and the Reverend Frank Hensley officiating. Interment will follow the service in the Union Cross Moravian Church Cemetery, 4295 High Point Road, Kernersville. Visitation will be at Green Street Baptist Church on Saturday evening from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Chad will remain at Sechrest Funeral Service until placed into the Church at 4p.m. on Saturday and again at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Memorials may be directed to the Children's Trust Fund, Truliant Federal Credit Union, 500 Pineview Drive, Suite 117, Kernersville, NC 27284, or at any High Point Bank & Trust office. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the High Point and Union Cross Fire Departments and other Fire Fighters from surrounding areas. Sechrest Funeral Service in High Point is serving the family. Please visit the family's memorial website and offer written or spoken condolences at www.mem.com.