"When God Has Another Plan" - part 2

I am sorry to report that Tony Greene passed away on Tuesday afternoon at approx 4:25 p.m. He left behind the most talented wife, TaRanda Greene, and two daughters, Belle (6), and Josie (2 1/2). Such a shocking and sad story.

Tony Green (R) and Jeff Snyder (L)

Excuse me for a few minutes while I pay tribute to the life of one of the funniest, talented and liveliest men to ever walk on stage. Last year I posted a video that I recorded of a song the Greenes sang at a showcase called "Song of a Lifetime." The host of the showcase, Phil Cross, actually wrote the song the Greenes sang that day. The song was called "Hold On." Before they sang it, Tony gave a testimony - and at this point, I'm really glad I got it captured on video.

Several days later, I posted the lyrics to the song by the Greenes that actually went to #1 in the Southern Gospel music charts called, "When God Has Another Plan." Apparently, because my post title was the same as the song, it seems that my site gets multiple hits of people looking for that particular song. This particular song has affected the lives of many people and it really hits home for the believer. As much as it spoke the testimony of Tony and TaRanda Greene last year, I can only imagine that this song will become a huger part of TaRanda's life than she ever imagined. At the same time, sometimes life leaves you little to no options beyond walking on to just accept what hand God has handed you.

Here's a link to the post that includes the lyrics to this unbelievably awesome song....one of my absolute favorites! Since then, some generous soul has shared the video of the Greenes singing it. I will also include my video of last year from NCQ for those of you who may be interested to hear what Tony has to say.

I also mentioned him being funny. He was constantly telling jokes and I've laughed at my share, but one of the most hilarious things I ever saw him do was last year during the awards ceremony at NQC. One of the problems that seemed to shadow the entire event of NQC last year was that the mics were a little delayed in being turned up, so very frequently we missed the first line or so of many of the artists songs because of this "glitch." Anyway, Tony and TaRanda were presenting one or two awards.....one was favorite Bass singer award (that much I recall). It took someone on each side of him to get him up to the stage for his part in the program. As long as it took them to get into position, when Tony spoke his first line of the presentation, his microphone was not on. He put the microphone down in his hand on his side and looked up at the speakers and yelled to the top of his lungs...."MY MICROPHONE'S NOT ON!" It was one of those - "have to be there" moments. It was hysterical. I have no idea what he said next - I was laughing so hard I didn't catch it......

Anyway......you never knew what to expect from him. Here's a tiny portion of a tribute to his life.