GREEN, Cornelius of Rockdale. Age 75. Died 6/25/1989 (Sunday) at his home in Rockdale. Services held 6/30/1989 (Friday) in the Allen Chapel AME Church in Rockdale. Burial in Griffin Chapel Cemetery. Rev. James Greene officiated. He was BORN 5/21/1914 to M/M Elias (Mattie Thompson) Green in Griffin Chapel. He had lived most of his life in Rockdale and worked as an aircraft mechanic. Married Gertharine Black on 6/20/1935. Preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers and 4 sisters. SURVIVORS: Wife, Gertharine Green of Rockdale; 6 sons, Bennie Cornelius Green, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Elias Green, III, Edward James Green, Billy Charles Green, Ronnie Earl Green and Richard Roy Green all of Rockdale; 7 daughters, Dimple Green of Rockdale, Juanita Price of Houston, Ethel Mae Shelton of Corpus Christi, Vera Nell Sanders of Phoenix, AZ., Mary Louise Butler of Tyler, Doris Marie White of Houston and Delores Kay White of Rockdale; 3 sisters, Armittie Booker of Killeen, Ora Mae Benson of Rockdale and Ethel Garrett of Lubbock; 41 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 5 step-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
GREEN, Cornelius of Rockdale. Age 75. Died 6/25/1989 (Sunday) at his home in Rockdale. Services held 6/30/1989 (Friday) in the Allen Chapel AME Church in Rockdale. Burial in Griffin Chapel Cemetery. Rev. James Greene officiated. He was BORN 5/21/1914 to M/M Elias (Mattie Thompson) Green in Griffin Chapel. He had lived most of his life in Rockdale and worked as an aircraft mechanic. Married Gertharine Black on 6/20/1935. Preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers and 4 sisters. SURVIVORS: Wife, Gertharine Green of Rockdale; 6 sons, Bennie Cornelius Green, Jr. of Corpus Christi, Elias Green, III, Edward James Green, Billy Charles Green, Ronnie Earl Green and Richard Roy Green all of Rockdale; 7 daughters, Dimple Green of Rockdale, Juanita Price of Houston, Ethel Mae Shelton of Corpus Christi, Vera Nell Sanders of Phoenix, AZ., Mary Louise Butler of Tyler, Doris Marie White of Houston and Delores Kay White of Rockdale; 3 sisters, Armittie Booker of Killeen, Ora Mae Benson of Rockdale and Ethel Garrett of Lubbock; 41 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; 5 step-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
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