John David Greer

September 12, 1931 - September 8, 2014

John David Greer, 82, of Vandalia, died at 8:40am, September 8, 2014 at his home in Vandalia. Services for John David will be held at 10:30am, Saturday, September 13, 2014 at the First Presbyterian Church in Vandalia with Rev. Kurt Simon officiating.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church.  Burial will follow in Fairlawn Cemetery, Vandalia, military rites accorded at graveside by Crawford-Hale American Legion Post # 95, Vandalia, IL.  Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Vandalia. John David was born in Vandalia on September 12, 1931, son of Dr. Miller Greer and Elizabeth McMackin Greer.  He graduated from Vandalia High School and Westminster College in Fulton, MO.  He married Sara Elizabeth Belden in St. Elmo, IL April 10, 1954.  He was owner/operator of Greer Hardware in Vandalia, later a Mutual of Omaha Insurance Salesman and an independent owner/operator for Transcontinental Trucking. He was a US Army Veteran, member and elder of First Presbyterian Church of Vandalia, member of the Vandalia American Legion Post # 95, Vandalia Country Club, NRA, and retired member of Vandalia Volunteer Fire Dept.  He was an avid golfer, hunter, skeet and trap shooter.  John and Sara enjoyed their years of travel together. He is survived by his wife Sara "Betty" of Vandalia; son John Douglas Greer with Patricia Adermann and son David Michael Greer all of Vandalia; sister Susan Hudnut of Indianapolis, IN; and grandchildren Lauren Adermann of St. Louis, MO and Christopher John Walkup of Houston, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter Julie Ann Greer.