Howard Lee Greene, 80, a native of the Oriental Community, transitioned Sunday, June 21, 2026.

His funeral service is 2:00 PM, Sunday, July 5, 2026, at Pierce Chapel AME Zion Church 606 Holdman St., Oriental, NC. Interment will follow in the Odd Fellow Cemetery, Oriental.

Howard is survived by his daughter, Eldress Carla Greene Anderson; sons, Daren Keyes, Jonathan Greene (Phyllis), Timmy Midgette, Jamaille Midgette, Deondre Greene and Terrelle Greene; brothers, Raymond Greene and Byron Greene; sisters, Margaret Fenderson (Charles), Gail Moore (Mack) and Cernie Takyi (Owusu); seventeen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren