Francis Albert Greenwell was born in Ridge, Maryland on April 30, 1935 and departed this life on January 16, 2014. He was the son of the late James Ralph Grinnell and Sophia Mae Barnes Reed. Francis, grew up in Ridge, Maryland where he also attended school before he met and married his wife of fifty-three years, Brunia ‘Mae’ Harris Greenwell. Not long after getting married, he and his wife moved to Washington, D.C. where he worked construction before taking his first Federal Government job at the Arlington Cemetery. While living in Washington, D.C., Francis and his wife were blessed with six children. He later left the government and started a janitorial service just before returning to the Lexington Park area in 1973. He spent several years working private sector jobs until he was reinstated to government service with the Department of Navy at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station where he worked for several years before transferring to the Washington Navy Yard. Francis completed 20 years of government service to retire in May 1997, although he continued to work periodically until late 2012. Francis is preceded in death by both parents, his wife and one sister, Diane Bryan. He leaves […]
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