A brother dead

and brothers mourning

Fill the heart

with grief today,

And the earnest

grasp fraternal;

Speaks, “a dear one

passed away.”

Yes, no longer

we shall greet thee

In the halls of DKE,

Yet thy name

in sweet remembrance

Graven on

our hearts will be.

We have parted,

Brother, parted,

As we trust, to meet again,

In a full unbroken circle,

Free from sorrow,

grief and pain.

DR. JOHN ALBAN GREAVES, SR.

Dr. John Alban Greaves Sr., of Oxford, AL, formerly of Mountain Brook, AL, died November 12, 2006. A retired educator, he earned BS, MA, and EdD degrees from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Phi Delta Kappa, and Kappa Delta Pi Honorary Academic Societies.

He served as Assistant to the Dean of Men and Assistant to the Dean of Admissions at the University of Alabama, Dean of Students at Birmingham Southern College, Dean of Students and Psychology professor at Jefferson State Community College and adjunct professor at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

He served in Italy in the United States Army and later in the Reserves as a Second Lieutenant. He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason, past member of the vestry of Saint John's Episcopal Church, and a deacon of Forestdale Presbyterian Church. He served as District Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, held membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Military order of the Stars and Bars, Metropolitan Dinner Club, and The Club.

He was born in Mobile, AL, the son of Thomas Guy Greaves, Sr. and Ellen Radford Greaves. He is survived by his wife, Martha Sandifer Greaves, his children, Gail Greaves Powell and her husband, Charles, Laurie Kim Greaves, and John Alban Greaves, Jr. and his wife, Virginia; and three grandchildren: Martha Elizabeth Powell, Morgan Grace Greaves, and Chloe Olivia Greaves. He was a brother to Thomas Guy Greaves Jr., Flossie Greaves Leatherbury, and Walker Radford Greaves. Services will be private.