Bruce
Funeral Home
Parker Memorial Funeral Home
Visitation
Monday, January 06, 2025, 1-2 pm
Parker Memorial Funeral Home, 476 Highway 9 North, Bruce, MS
Service
Monday, January 06, 2025, 2 pm, Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, 476 Highway 9 N, Bruce, MS
Obituary
Military Service Tribute, Honors, and Obituary:
Recognizing and Honoring a Fallen Hero, Who Served Within the Mississippi National Guard. “Fallen, Yet Not Forgotten”.
In recognition of our proud American tradition of honorable service which our military men and women have given to their country and our State, we honor a Fallen Hero. Our nation, our state, and the National Guard Association of MS (NGAMS) regard the memorializing of its retired military deceased as an honorable and sacred obligation.
Another great Soldier and Fallen Hero has been released from duty, passed from our ranks on Jan. 4, 2025 and has moved on to his heavenly home. Retired Sergeant Gerald Wayne McGreger, age 86, who had served within the MSARNG within the 223rd Engineer Battalion has departed and gone to a better place with our good Lord.
It takes a special person to serve within the military for their country, giving up their family time, comfort, and safety for their country, ultimately for all Americans to enjoy their freedoms, safety, and way of life. We now applaud you for your service to our country. A special message from General Douglas McArthur remains applicable today for our servicemen that have passed: “Old Soldiers never die; they just fade away”.
Rest in Peace Soldier. We applaud your patriotism, sacrifices, and brave efforts in serving our country and your family for their support of your service. We thank you for your service. Without your efforts and your families’ support, our country would not stand so boldly, shine so bright, and live so free.
You now have earned a rest, so go fly with the Angels, go rest high on that mountain; your work on earth is done. Go to heaven a-shoutin’ Love for the Father and the Son.
Another great Soldier has gone home, “Fallen, Yet Not Forgotten, Soldier for Life”.
Obituary, visitation, and services:
Gerald Wayne McGreger, 86, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS, after an extended illness. He was born August 2, 1938, in the Rocky Mount Community located in Calhoun County to the late parents Hubert Oris McGreger and Lorene Hayes McGreger.
Gerald was a retired employee of Columbia Gulf Gas and Transmission Company where he worked in maintenance as an electrician and many other various jobs and task. After retirement he started McGreger Gravel and Sand Company hauling gravel and sand to job and construction sites. He served in the Mississippi National Guard for over 6 years during the Berlin Crisis. Gerald was a member of Rocky Mount Baptist Church where he was saved as a youth and attended church.
Gerald had from a early age in life a good, hard work ethic and understood the value of hard work and success. He was willing to help anyone that needed help and a compassion for those that needed help and a word of encouragement.
He was preceded in death by his parents Hubert Oris McGreger and Lorene Hayes McGreger; his devoted wife Mary Alice Wade McGreger; and brother Jerry Boyce McGregor.
Those left to cherish Gerald’s memory are his sister Nancy (Jim) Pernell, Pontotoc, MS; brother Tommy (Sonnie) McGregor, Pittsboro, MS; sister-in-law Gloria McGregor, Oxford, MS; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be Monday, January 6, 2025, from 1:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. A service honoring Gerald’s life will also be Monday, January 6, 2025, at 2:00 P.M. at Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Darrell Logan and Bro. Paul Lowe officiating. Burial will be in Memory Memorial Garden. Those serving as pallbearers are Danny Armstrong, David Bramlitt, John Ellard, Steve Ferguson, Jeremy Harris, Ronald Jenkins, Mike King, John “Quincy” Parker, Byron Talford, Troy Todd, Tracy Turner, and Barry Vanlandingham.
Parker Memorial Funeral Home is honored to be of service to the McGreger family during this time of loss.
SERVICES
Visitation
Monday, January 06, 2025, 1-2 pm
Parker Memorial Funeral Home
476 Highway 9 North
Bruce, MS
Funeral Service
Monday, January 06, 2025, 2 pm
Parker Memorial Funeral Home Chapel
476 Highway 9 N