Gregory L. Ingram

Gregory Lamont Ingram has gone home on January 5, 2025. He was the oldest born on April 10, 1961, in Greensboro, North Carolina to Bradley Ingram (deceased) and Mary Louise Donnell Ingram (deceased). The family relocated from Greensboro, NC to Brooklyn New York in the winter of 1969 where Greg lived out his entire life in various parts of Brooklyn, NY including Brownsville, Flatbush, and finally East New York. Greg was a person who lived by his own rules and lived life truly the way he wanted to, which was a life in a world of Art, Music, and Gardens. He focused all of his passions on those three. When he graduated from Jefferson High School in Brooklyn in 1969, he was admitted to the New York City College of Technology and earned an Associate's degree in Art. While attending school, his love for art extended as a graffiti artist tagging subway trains in the early 70's. Then illegal, this art is now world-renowned, and some of his works are featured in books on the subject. He also worked part-time with an ad agency that our mother, Mary, worked at, Ted Bates Advertising, as a messenger. His messenger job led to connecting with a co-worker who then worked for Gallery Henoch in NYC. This is where Greg began volunteering and then working there as well as Rush Gallery in NYC as an Assistant and Art Handler from 1983 to the Present. This inspired him to open his own Graphics and Photography studio, GLI Graphics. In the world of club and house music emergence, his love for this introduced him to the world of deejaying in well-known dance halls like the Paradise Garage and becoming friends with DJs like world-renowned Tony Humphries. Continuing his quest for self-discovery in growth, he created East New York 4 Gardens, Inc., a non-profit that organized four garden sites in East New York including two public schools and the 75th Precinct, educating the community on healthy alternatives in food choices. Furthering his love of gardens, he volunteered at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Crown Heights Youth Collective, Council on the Environment, and Operation Greenthumb. Gregory lost his battle with cancer on 1/5/2025 at the young age of 63 doing what he loved to do and throughout his journey touched many people's lives to the point everyone who has met him has a “Greg Story” to tell. Greg is survived by a brother, Bradley Valentino residing in NC, a sister, Kimberly Denise in NY, a niece, Mary Amanda in SC, an Aunt, Nancy, an uncle, Reginald in NY and a host of family and friends.

Gregory L. Ingram

April 10, 1961 - January 5, 2025