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Dorsey Green
11 Oct 1893 – 6 Aug 1937
| Birth | 11 Oct 1893 |
| Death | 6 Aug 1937 |
| Cemetery | Tidwell Cemetery Tidwell , Hunt County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | John Armstrong on 06 Oct 2003 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7356599 |
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Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1912-1920l page 194: bride: Trotter, Daphene/Dafine groom: Green, Dorsey married: 14 Apr 1920 recorded: marriage volume U page 175 Name: Dorsey Green Event Type: Death Event Date: 06 Aug 1937 Event Place: Hunt, Texas Certificate Number: 41924 Citing this Record: "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZD8-C15 : 24 May 2014), Dorsey Green, 06 Aug 1937; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 41924, Hunt, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin. Name: Dorsey Green Event Type: Death Event Date: 06 Aug 1937 Event Place: Celeste, Hunt, Texas, United States Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 01 Oct 1893 Birthplace: , Texas Father's Name: F M Green Mother's Name: Mattie Horton Certificate Number: 41924 GS Film number: 2117297 Digital Folder Number: 005145556 Image Number: 01085 Citing this Record: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HG-KK5 : 13 March 2018), Dorsey Green, 06 Aug 1937; citing certificate number 41924, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,297. Greenville (Texas) Morning Herald, Saturday, 7 Aug 1937, page 7, Dorsie Green Dies Friday WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF WHITE ROCK COMMUNITY DIES FRIDAY Dorsie Green, 44, prominent resident of the White Rock community and World War veteran, passed away at his family home Friday afternoon following a week's illness of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the White Rock Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Fred Moore, pastor, assisted by Rev. Harrison Baker, pastor of the Munger Avenue Methodist Church in Dallas, and Rev. Davis, pastor of the White Rock Methodist Church. Burial will be at the White Rock cemetery. Pallbearers will be nephews of the deceased, Raymond Green, Burl Green, Houston Powell, Fay Powell, Marvin Green, (sic) Earl Green. Flower girls will be nieces. Mr. Green was born on October 1, 1893 in White Rock and had lived in that community all of his life. He had been engaged in business at White Rock for a number of years, being a successful farmer and manager of the cotton gin in that community at teh (sic) time of his death. He was a leader in community affairs and always helped with any program that was for the betterment of his community and county. He was one of the most prominent citizens of that section and was well known throughout the county and state. On April 14, 1920, Mr. Green was married to Miss Daphine Trotter, of White Rock and to this union five children were born. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Dorothy Lynn, Kenneth, Horton, Veta and Doorsie Ray Green, all of White Rock. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Bart Biggs, of Woodson; and Mrs. L.M. Powell, of Greenville, and six brothers, John Green, Wayne Green, Sherman Green, and Marion Green, all of White Rock; Will Green, of Celeste and E. Green of Duncan, Oklahoma. Numerous other relatives mour his death. Mr. Green was a loving husband and father and a kind brother and friend. He was converted early in life and joined the Baptist Church, remaining a faithful Christian until death.
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Siblings
- Jehue Thomas Green 1865–1941
- Eiland Green 1870–1940
- Wayne L Green 1871–1937
- Sherman P Green 1873–1964
- Marion Francis Green 1875–1955
- Wilks Booth "Will" Green 1877–1962
- Frankie Green Biggs 1891–1951
Children
- Dorothy Lynn Green Smith 1921–1999
- Houston Horton Green 1924–1977
- Veta Louise Green Hamm 1928–1997
- Dorsie Ray Green 1937–1971
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