MARCH 29, 1927 – OCTOBER 14, 2021
Dorothy Adaline Smith Greene, 94, of San Antonio, Texas and formerly of Nashville and Brentwood, passed away Oct. 14, 2021.
Mrs. Greene was born in Indian Mound, Tennessee on March 29, 1927. She graduated from W.T. Thomas Academy in Cumberland City, Tennessee and attended Mrs. Garrett's Business College for Women in Nashville. She married Roy Greene Jr. in 1947 and celebrated the birth of their son on her 21st birthday in 1948. Her young married life was focused on caring for Rusty, who was diagnosed at 18 months old with a terminal kidney disease and died at the age of 8.5 in 1956.
She enjoyed travelling with her husband on trips related to the family business, Greene Bottling Co., in addition to time spent each year in Florida. She and Roy also enjoyed golf trips and weekends with their friends at Center Hill Lake. She was a faithful member of Woodmont Baptist Church since 1947, serving in the preschool department for over 40 years. She also enjoyed her memberships at Cheekwood and The Nashville City Club.
She cherished her friends from church and her neighbors from their first home on Warfield Drive, then Bresslyn Road, where she raised their daughter, and from her longtime residence in the Wildwood section of Brentwood. Her last years were spent in San Antonio, Texas near her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents Laura Kate McGovern Smith and Robert Lee Smith; husband, Andrew Roy Greene Jr.; son, Andrew Roy "Rusty" Greene III; and siblings Frances Lee Smith, Polly Smith Parman, Dennison Smith and Hughes Smith.
She is survived by her devoted family, including daughter, Lisa Greene Caldwell (Wade) and their children Lauren Kate Holt (Peter John) and Grace White (Matthew), all of San Antonio, Texas; daughter, Frances Caldwell of Chicago; and great-grandchildren Hazel, Penny, Tippit, Wells and Cal.
A graveside service will be held Friday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Memorial Park at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville in Fountain Estates B.
Serving as pallbearers will be her son-in-law, Wade Caldwell, and her grandsons-in-law Peter John Holt and Matthew White. Jeff Castleberry, Ed Fulcher, Robert Pugh and Rusty Ross will also serve as active pallbearers.
Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park
Dorothy Adaline Smith Greene, 94, of San Antonio, Texas and formerly of Nashville and Brentwood, passed away Oct. 14, 2021.
Mrs. Greene was born in Indian Mound, Tennessee on March 29, 1927. She graduated from W.T. Thomas Academy in Cumberland City, Tennessee and attended Mrs. Garrett's Business College for Women in Nashville. She married Roy Greene Jr. in 1947 and celebrated the birth of their son on her 21st birthday in 1948. Her young married life was focused on caring for Rusty, who was diagnosed at 18 months old with a terminal kidney disease and died at the age of 8.5 in 1956.
She enjoyed travelling with her husband on trips related to the family business, Greene Bottling Co., in addition to time spent each year in Florida. She and Roy also enjoyed golf trips and weekends with their friends at Center Hill Lake. She was a faithful member of Woodmont Baptist Church since 1947, serving in the preschool department for over 40 years. She also enjoyed her memberships at Cheekwood and The Nashville City Club.
She cherished her friends from church and her neighbors from their first home on Warfield Drive, then Bresslyn Road, where she raised their daughter, and from her longtime residence in the Wildwood section of Brentwood. Her last years were spent in San Antonio, Texas near her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents Laura Kate McGovern Smith and Robert Lee Smith; husband, Andrew Roy Greene Jr.; son, Andrew Roy "Rusty" Greene III; and siblings Frances Lee Smith, Polly Smith Parman, Dennison Smith and Hughes Smith.
She is survived by her devoted family, including daughter, Lisa Greene Caldwell (Wade) and their children Lauren Kate Holt (Peter John) and Grace White (Matthew), all of San Antonio, Texas; daughter, Frances Caldwell of Chicago; and great-grandchildren Hazel, Penny, Tippit, Wells and Cal.
A graveside service will be held Friday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Memorial Park at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville in Fountain Estates B.
Serving as pallbearers will be her son-in-law, Wade Caldwell, and her grandsons-in-law Peter John Holt and Matthew White. Jeff Castleberry, Ed Fulcher, Robert Pugh and Rusty Ross will also serve as active pallbearers.
Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park
MARCH 29, 1927 – OCTOBER 14, 2021
Dorothy Adaline Smith Greene, 94, of San Antonio, Texas and formerly of Nashville and Brentwood, passed away Oct. 14, 2021.
Mrs. Greene was born in Indian Mound, Tennessee on March 29, 1927. She graduated from W.T. Thomas Academy in Cumberland City, Tennessee and attended Mrs. Garrett's Business College for Women in Nashville. She married Roy Greene Jr. in 1947 and celebrated the birth of their son on her 21st birthday in 1948. Her young married life was focused on caring for Rusty, who was diagnosed at 18 months old with a terminal kidney disease and died at the age of 8.5 in 1956.
She enjoyed travelling with her husband on trips related to the family business, Greene Bottling Co., in addition to time spent each year in Florida. She and Roy also enjoyed golf trips and weekends with their friends at Center Hill Lake. She was a faithful member of Woodmont Baptist Church since 1947, serving in the preschool department for over 40 years. She also enjoyed her memberships at Cheekwood and The Nashville City Club.
She cherished her friends from church and her neighbors from their first home on Warfield Drive, then Bresslyn Road, where she raised their daughter, and from her longtime residence in the Wildwood section of Brentwood. Her last years were spent in San Antonio, Texas near her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents Laura Kate McGovern Smith and Robert Lee Smith; husband, Andrew Roy Greene Jr.; son, Andrew Roy "Rusty" Greene III; and siblings Frances Lee Smith, Polly Smith Parman, Dennison Smith and Hughes Smith.
She is survived by her devoted family, including daughter, Lisa Greene Caldwell (Wade) and their children Lauren Kate Holt (Peter John) and Grace White (Matthew), all of San Antonio, Texas; daughter, Frances Caldwell of Chicago; and great-grandchildren Hazel, Penny, Tippit, Wells and Cal.
A graveside service will be held Friday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Memorial Park at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville in Fountain Estates B.
Serving as pallbearers will be her son-in-law, Wade Caldwell, and her grandsons-in-law Peter John Holt and Matthew White. Jeff Castleberry, Ed Fulcher, Robert Pugh and Rusty Ross will also serve as active pallbearers.
Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home & Woodlawn Memorial Park
Dorothy Adaline Smith Greene, 94, of San Antonio, Texas and formerly of Nashville and Brentwood, passed away Oct. 14, 2021.
Mrs. Greene was born in Indian Mound, Tennessee on March 29, 1927. She graduated from W.T. Thomas Academy in Cumberland City, Tennessee and attended Mrs. Garrett's Business College for Women in Nashville. She married Roy Greene Jr. in 1947 and celebrated the birth of their son on her 21st birthday in 1948. Her young married life was focused on caring for Rusty, who was diagnosed at 18 months old with a terminal kidney disease and died at the age of 8.5 in 1956.
She enjoyed travelling with her husband on trips related to the family business, Greene Bottling Co., in addition to time spent each year in Florida. She and Roy also enjoyed golf trips and weekends with their friends at Center Hill Lake. She was a faithful member of Woodmont Baptist Church since 1947, serving in the preschool department for over 40 years. She also enjoyed her memberships at Cheekwood and The Nashville City Club.
She cherished her friends from church and her neighbors from their first home on Warfield Drive, then Bresslyn Road, where she raised their daughter, and from her longtime residence in the Wildwood section of Brentwood. Her last years were spent in San Antonio, Texas near her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents Laura Kate McGovern Smith and Robert Lee Smith; husband, Andrew Roy Greene Jr.; son, Andrew Roy "Rusty" Greene III; and siblings Frances Lee Smith, Polly Smith Parman, Dennison Smith and Hughes Smith.
She is survived by her devoted family, including daughter, Lisa Greene Caldwell (Wade) and their children Lauren Kate Holt (Peter John) and Grace White (Matthew), all of San Antonio, Texas; daughter, Frances Caldwell of Chicago; and great-grandchildren Hazel, Penny, Tippit, Wells and Cal.
A graveside service will be held Friday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at Woodlawn Memorial Park at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville in Fountain Estates B.
Serving as pallbearers will be her son-in-law, Wade Caldwell, and her grandsons-in-law Peter John Holt and Matthew White. Jeff Castleberry, Ed Fulcher, Robert Pugh and Rusty Ross will also serve as active pallbearers.
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