Annabelle Greathouse

Annabelle Greathouse was born on April 13, 1926 in Hagerman, NM. Her birth name was Annie Belle Adams, which she changed to Annabelle Adams. Her parents were Lorado Belle Tice/Adams and John Henry Adams Sr. and her stepfather was her uncle Mike Gibson Adams. She was preceded in death by both parents and her stepfather. Also by her only sibling, John Henry Adams Jr., her younger brother. Annabelle was also preceded in death by her husband Charles Henry Greathouse Jr. and by her parents-in-law named Charles Henry Greathouse Sr. and Sadie Marie Greathouse. As well as being preceded by numerous family members on both sides of her family. She was blessed with a large family that loved her, she loved them both very much. She will be greatly missed, until the Resurrection Day as God promised in the Holy Bible. One day this entire family will be reunited on Jehovah God’s Paradise Earth. Annabelle married Charles Henry Greathouse Jr. on May 28, 1948 in Portales, NM. They met while attending College. Annabelle was majoring in Home Economics and Charles Jr. was majoring in Agriculture and Horticulture. In 1959, Annabelle and Charles Jr. left their Ranch near Portales and Floyd, NM and with their 5 children moved to a small community named Jerome Prairie near Grants Pass, OR where their 6th child was born. Their Jerome Prairie homestead and pasture land in Wilderville, where much like paradise to them compared to the severe drought of the desert land in NM. They grew large gardens and had many kinds of fruit and nut trees also wild blackberries and other types of berries. They raised cattle and horses and chickens. We were always canning and freezing food and we never went hungry. Annabelle was a good cook and homemaker and spent many hours sewing cloths for her family. Unfortunately Charles passed away with Leukemia at age 62 in 1983. Leaving Annabelle a widow for 31 years. Then in 1986 Annablelle moved back to Roswell, NM to take care of her elderly mother Lorado Adams. Annabelle is survived by all 6 of her children. Listed in order of age they are Mary Louise Duffy, Melvin Charles Greathouse, and the twins Marcia Ann Sinclair and Martha Lynn Mills, then Laura Elaine Rockwell and Henry Lee Greathouse. Annabelle was a true Christian woman at heart. She lived a quite humble and simple lifestyle. She was a nurturing and caring person. She believed in sharing whatever she had with others. She was always a hard worker and spent her entire lifetime taking care of many family members and friends in times of need. During her lifetime she did a lot of Farming and Ranching also picking cotton and bailing hay and irrigating crops and fields also feeding livestock. She loved nature especially in the springtime. Annabelle graduated from the 12th grade at Lake Arthur School. While living in Lake Arthur, she worked as a Bank Teller and at the Grocery Store. Her mother and stepfather once owned and ran a Grocery Store and Gas Station in Phoenix, AZ. Later they owned and ran the Hotel on East 2nd St. and Main St. in Roswell and Aunt Kate’s Café, there was also a clothing alteration shop in the Hotel. In her younger years, Annabelle also worked in the Maternity Ward at the old Saint Mary’s Hospital in Roswell. During 1983 thru 1986 she worked as a Cook and Dietician at several schools and several nursing homes in Grants Pass, OR. Annabelle delighted in caring for her large family including many grandchildren and some step grandchildren. She had many great grandchildren and some step great grandchildren. She also had 2 great-great grandchildren as well. Annabelle loved to play Harmonica and listen to country music. She enjoyed having weekly Bible Studies with all her Jehovah Witness friends in Grants Pass, OR. and in Roswell, NM. Annabelle had a special love for Jehovah God and Jesus Christ. God gave her the strength to endure all of the hardships and pains of her illnesses. During the last 12 years of her life she suffered with 4 bouts of Cancer and Parkinson’s and other illnesses. She was totally bed bound the last 3 years and became totally deaf and nearly blind. Several childhood illnesses had left her quite heard of hearing and with poor eyesight the rest of her life. Annabelle lived with her daughter Martha for the last 5 years. Annabelle passed away with Jehovah God and Jesus Christ at Martha’s home in Roswell at 1:45 AM on December 24th, 2014 at the age of 88 years old. Annabelle is now safe in Jehovah God’s loving memory and it is comforting to know that she is no longer suffering any pains or sorrows. She is now in eternal sleep and at total peace awaiting her resurrection to Paradise Earth. Martha wishes to give special gratitude to these family members for their financial assistance and moral support helping make it possible for Annabelle to have a nice Memorial Service. They are cousins Gene Achterburg, Peggy Voight, Mary Price, my twin sister Marcia Sinclair, and my oldest son Steve Nickols. I also wish to give special thanks to Betty Greathouse for all of her wonderful prayers in our time of need and to cousin Doris Dees for all of her special bereavement support to help me through this time of mourning. I also wish to give special thanks to all of the Gentiva Hospice staff for all of their assistance during the 2 times mom was on Hospice. Words simply cannot express the utmost gratitude to mine and mom’s dear Jehovah Witness friends for all of their prayers and special support they gave mom and me over the years during mom’s illnesses. May Jehovah God bless Elder Gordon Gotschi and his wife Isabelle for writing Annabelle’s Service for us and for all of their prayers and for their moral and bereavement assistance. And a special gratitude to our dear friend Alex Cardona for assisting mom and me enabling mom to go to all her cancer treatments in 2010 and 2011 and for all his visits and moral support. There has also been concern shown by other family members and by neighbors and friends. Furthermore, I also wish to thank Anderson Bethany for their professional services as well. I do truly appreciate all of the kindness that was shown to mom and me by all especially during the last 5 years. Annabelle’s Memorial Service will be held at Anderson Bethany Funeral Home at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 17, 2015. There will be another Memorial Service for her to be held at a later date in Grants Pass, OR, where the cremains of Annabelle will be buried beside her beloved husband Charles at Hill Crest Cemetery.

Annabelle Greathouse

April 13, 1926 - December 24, 2014