The Treadway's

Special Message from Stan Wikle Gospel Music Promotions
September 28, 2010



Remembering Tony Greene

Tony Greene



I am saddened to bring you the news that Tony Greene of The Greenes passed away today around 4:30 p.m. at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina where he had been hospitalized since September 21. Please lift up in prayer his wife, TaRanda, his children, his mother, his brother, Tim and his sister, Kim.

Allow me to share a personal story - it was just three weeks ago that I unexpectedly encountered Tony and TaRanda at the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Beckley, West Virginia. They were heading to a concert date just north of there, then on to Kentucky the next night. We chatted briefly and as we departed, Tony hugged me and said, "I love you, Stan." It just didn't occur to me that would be the last time we would meet in this earthly life. We can rejoice in the midst of our sadness knowing that he is now with the Lord and has been made whole and suffers no more.

Below is the announcement of Tony's passing as it appeared on the Singing News magazine website:



Anthony Elden Greene, known to most Southern Gospel music fans as "Tony," passed away today, September 28th just before 4:30pm Eastern Time at the age of 41. Tony had been in Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., since September 21 due to several health complications. Tony is survived by wife, TaRanda, and their children, Isabella (age 6) and Jocelyn (age 2). He is also survived by his brother Tim, sister Kim Greene Hopper, and his mother, Carolyn Greene, and several nieces.

The son of (the late) Everette and Carolyn Greene, Tony was born in Boone, N.C., on October 17, 1968, the youngest of three children. By the early 1980s, Tony and his siblings were singing Southern Gospel music professionally as The Greenes, garnering several No. 1 songs and appearing on the nation's leading concerts.

In addition to being noted as a gifted lead vocalist, Tony has also been included in the list of leading concert promoters of Southern Gospel music. Throughout the years, Tony's promotions encompassed dozens of states, while providing Christian music in not only churches and auditoriums, but also aboard cruises, bus tours and more. He was also a key factor of the success of the long-running Gospel Singing Jubilee multi-day concert held in Boone, N.C., for almost 30 years.

Tony married the former TaRanda Kiser on February 13, 2001. Together, they continued the ministry of the Greenes, while also being involved in several other ventures that include work with Abraham Productions (concert promotions featuring the Singing In The Sun in Myrtle Beach, S.C., the Gatlinburg Gathering in Gatlinburg, Tenn., and other locations), and the Good Shepherd Funeral Home in Indian Trail, North Carolina.

On August 25, 2009, Tony underwent a successful kidney transplant, with TaRanda providing the donor kidney. He returned to traveling within a month and though he encountered some minor health difficulties, he continued with the Greenes until additional health issues forced his hospitalization on September 21, 2010.

Funeral arrangements are pending.


Thank you for your prayers and concerns for Tony and his family through this most difficult time. I know you will continue to remember the family in the days to come.


God bless,

Stan