Background
Greear, Fred Bonham was born on May 26, 1899 in St. Paul, Virginia, United States. Son of Doctor James Noah and Elizabeth Berts (Earnest) Greear.
Greear, Fred Bonham was born on May 26, 1899 in St. Paul, Virginia, United States. Son of Doctor James Noah and Elizabeth Berts (Earnest) Greear.
Student Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia, 1916-1918. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1923.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1922. Practiced in St. Paul, 1923-1937, Norton, since 1937. Senior member of law firm Greear.
Bowen, Mullins & Winston, since 1948. Commonwealth’s attorney for Wise Company, Virginia, 1932-1944. Mayor, St. Paul, 1927-1929.
Member House of Delegates from Wise Company, 1930-1932. Panel speaker Practicing Law Institute, Virginia State Bar, 1952, Virginia State Bar Association and law schools of Virginia, 1954.
Every Church statement in social or economic field should be seriously considered and demonstrate a competence in political sphere.
The family has its own complex identity as a small community of covenant love and trust.
Member of the board of trustees Emory and Henry College, Tennessee, Wesleyan College, Hiawassee College. Member board of visitors University of Virginia. Served with tank corps, United States Army, Advertising Educational Foundation, 1918-1919.
Member American, Virginia State (president, 1952-1953) bar associations, American Judicature Society, Beta Theta Phi.
Married Elizabeth Fitch, June 26, 1928. Children: Elizabeth Bagby, Fred Bonham.