Obituary

Greyson troutman yetter, 83, of south charleston passed away on, friday, january 16, 2015 at

arthur b. Hodges center, charleston.

Greyson retired from the army as lt. Colonel in 1974 after serving in the korean and vietnam wars. During his army career of 22 years, he was assigned as assistant area engineer, patrick air force base, florida which was responsible for construction of various missile test and support facilities at cape canaveral for the army, navy, and air force, usacomz as engineer responsible for construction of army and air force facilities in france. Other assignments were co, 323^rd. Light equipment company in korean; engineer maintenance officer, eta jima specialist school in japan; s2 127^th engineer battalion (air assault), 11 air assault division, at ft. Benning, ga; senior engineer advisor for 5^th. And 6^th. Rok corps, kamag, korea; assistant professor of military science, pennsylvania military college, chester, pa (now widner college); and assistant chief of staff, saigon support command, vietnam. His final assignment was senior engineer army engineer advisor, west virginia national guard. During his military career, he received the bronze star, the meritorious service metal, and the army commendation metal.

Greyson was born in atlantic city, new jersey in 1931, son of the late george and olga yetter and spent his early years at mays landing, nj graduating from pleasantville high school, pleasantville, nj, class of 1948. He received a bd in civil engineering at the university of arkansas, class of 1953 receiving a regular army commission in the army corps of engineers.

As a second career, greyson was the engineer in charge of the construction and modernization of the charleston post office and later became a construction superintendent, then secretary/treasurer of kenhill construction company in charleston, wv where he retired in 1991.

Greyson was a member of first presbyterian church of charleston, the charleston exchange club and the mountaineer chapter of the military officers association, the fopa#5 and the mountaineer flintlock rifles.

Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, ann garrett yetter of south charleston.

He is survived by two daughters; beverly yetter meeks of south charleston, wv and ellen y. Gagliardi and husband, john of maineville, oh; grandchildren, jennifer meeks boggess and husband, brian, of charleston, wv , joshua gagliardi of long beach, ca, and chelsea gagliardi of maineville, oh.

Memorial service will be held 2:00 p.M. Saturday, january 24, 2015 at barlow bonsall funeral home. Interment will be held in arlington national cemetery mausoleum, arlington, va with full military honors.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: mays landing presbyterian church, 6001 main street, mays landing, new jersey 08330, or kanawha hospice care, 1606 kanawha blvd. West, charleston,

wv 25387.

Special thanks for their support go to roger and gloria boggess, edgewood summit, arthur b. Hodges center and principal pamela snead at george c. Weimer elementary school.

You may send condolences to the family at: www.Barlowbonsall.Com. Barlow bonsall funeral home has been entrusted to handle the arrangements.