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Francis Cary Green Sr.

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Francis Cary Green Sr. Veteran

Birth
Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Death
11 Jun 2005 (aged 87)
Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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A member of St. Asaphs Episcopal Church.
He was a 1938 graduate of Virginia Tech and attained the rank of captain in the Army Air Corp during World War II, during which time he was a navigator aboard B17 and B29 aircraft.
His career included 30 years at NSWC, where he designed aircraft crew escape systems and then several years as a senior engineer with Virginia Power, where he worked with combustion turbines.

Survivors include his wife, Pepi Green; two sons, Champe Green of New Mexico and Dillard Green of Richmond; three stepchildren, Cynthia Garrett of Richmond, George W. Eakin II of Texas and Elisa Eakin of Richmond; a sister, Anne Garland Sheaffer of Iowa; and six grandchildren, Carter and Katie Green, Ashley, Amber and Christina Garrett and Lauren Eakin. He was preceded in death by a brother, John Dillard Green and a son, Francis Cary Green Jr.
A member of St. Asaphs Episcopal Church.
He was a 1938 graduate of Virginia Tech and attained the rank of captain in the Army Air Corp during World War II, during which time he was a navigator aboard B17 and B29 aircraft.
His career included 30 years at NSWC, where he designed aircraft crew escape systems and then several years as a senior engineer with Virginia Power, where he worked with combustion turbines.

Survivors include his wife, Pepi Green; two sons, Champe Green of New Mexico and Dillard Green of Richmond; three stepchildren, Cynthia Garrett of Richmond, George W. Eakin II of Texas and Elisa Eakin of Richmond; a sister, Anne Garland Sheaffer of Iowa; and six grandchildren, Carter and Katie Green, Ashley, Amber and Christina Garrett and Lauren Eakin. He was preceded in death by a brother, John Dillard Green and a son, Francis Cary Green Jr.

Inscription

CAPT US ARMY
WORLD WAR II



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  • Maintained by: Cindy
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: Feb 2, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65079765/francis_cary-green: accessed ), memorial page for Francis Cary Green Sr. (14 Jun 1917–11 Jun 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65079765, citing Lakewood Cemetery, Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Cindy (contributor 48869022).