Mary Swain Greer

Mary McCamy (Swain) Greer

September 16, 1932 - September 2, 2022

Mary McCamy (Swain) Greer, age 89, of Kirksville passed away Friday September 2, 2022 at The Pines in Kirksville, Missouri.

The daughter of Edward E. and Donna B. Swain, she was born September 16, 1932 in Kirksville, Missouri. On July 2, 1955, in Kirksville she married John Paul (Johnnie) Greer.

She is survived by a daughter, Annette Greer and a brother, Edward E. (Tony) Swain, III, both of Kirksville.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, John Edward (Jed) Greer; and her parents.

She graduated from Kirksville High school with the class of 1950. Later she attended Kirksville State Teachers College, after which she went to work with her family at the Kirksville Daily Express. She was obituary editor, circulation manager and editor of numerous featured articles including farm families of the local area.

Mary was a member of the First Baptist Church, a charter member of the Northeast Missouri Trailriders, and a 65 year member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

She showed in horse shows in north Missouri and the state of Illinois in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Her hobbies included cooking and caring for her quarter horses and Arabian horses, and German Shepherd dogs. She also enjoyed writing letters and sending cards to her friends and family.

She enjoyed having Bluegrass music get-togethers, complete with a large meal held at her home or at the cabin on the family farm.

Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, September 12, 2022 with funeral service at 7:00 p.m. at Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home. Burial will be in Park View Memorial Gardens.

Memorials in memory of Mary are suggested to the Adair County Humane Society.

Arrangements in the care of Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Home; www.davisplaylehudsonrimer.com.