Mary Lee Greer

Mary Lee Greer, 77, was born on March 16, 1948 to Don Lee Crossland and Delia Thompson Crossland and passed away on Friday, October 10, 2025 in Milam, Texas.

Mary was born and raised in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She graduated from Alton High School as Valedictorian in 1966. During her early life, she worked as a seamstress in factories in Missouri. She later moved to Temple, Texas where she worked numerous jobs as a waitress, forklift driver, and hotel receptionist. She met and married Merle Greer in 1980. They moved to Pineland, Texas to raise their children. She and Merle went into construction work and travelled all over the country for 10 years, making friends far and wide along the way. After Merle’s passing, at the age of 52 Mary got her realtor’s license and became a realtor in east Texas, where she met thousands of new friends.

Mary Greer worked tirelessly all of her life to help others. The Roseville benefit became a passion of hers and every year she ran the “chicken poop bingo” fund raiser. She will be missed by so many people in East Texas, Missouri, and across the United States.

Mary is preceded in death by her husband, Merle Greer; parents, Don and Dee Crossland; stepson, Marty Greer; and siblings, John, Darlene, Rosie, and Janet. She is survived by her children, Rocky (Bernadette), Tony (Jeannie), Krystie (Dwight), and Randy (Becky); special friend, Richard Tremble; grandchildren, Daniel (Ivy), Nathan (Brittany), Caleb, Carrington (Noah), Ian, Cody, and Kaci; niece and nephew, Stacey and John; daughter-in-law, Donna Greer; and 6 great-grandchildren.

In Lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital at www.stjude.org

Mary requested that her obituary end with her favorite phrase: “Pass a good time.”