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Submitted: 1/31/21 • Approved: 1/31/21 • Last Updated: 2/3/21 • R384550-G384549-S3
J.B.
May 23, 1915-November 14, 2000
Gene
February 22, 1923-June 23, 2015
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Obituary for J. B.
BORGER - J.B. Green, 85, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in First Baptist Church with the Rev. Gregg Simmons, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Cemetery by Brown Funeral Directors.
Mr. Green was born in Erath County and had lived in Borger for the past 64 years. He was the retired owner of Green City Plumbing. He was a member of the First Baptist Church.
He married Gene Eller in 1938 at Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by two sons, Barry J. Green, in 1951 and Ronnie Green, in 1992.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Richard Green of Red River, N.M., Mike Green of Borger and Jim Green of San Antonio; two daughters, Lorena Kolb of Brea, Calif., and Dorothy Owen of Borger; a brother, Calvin Green of Borger; two sisters, Lottie Evans and Ruby Cole, both of Borger; 19 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to the challenge fund of First Baptist Church; or the Boy Scouts of America.
Amarillo Daily News, Nov. 16, 2000
Obituary for Gene
Gene Green, 92, passed away, surrounded by her family, Wednesday, June 23, 2015 in Lubbock. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday at 1st Baptist Church with former pastor Greg Simmons officiating. Burial will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park, under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Gene was born February 22, 1923 in Bartlesville, OK to William A. Eller and Bertha Lee Gallion Eller. She came to Borger in 1926 where she met and married J.B. Green on October 8, 1938, celebrating over 62 years before J.B.'s death. J.B. and Gene began City Plumbing in Borger in 1945 where it remained in the family until 1995. Gene raised six children and later became a bookkeeper for J. C. Penney's for 13 years. All those that knew Gene knew that she loved all kinds of Texas Sports. Gene adored and loved her family. She also loved sewing, cooking and upholstering furniture.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her son Ronnie Green her two brothers Blaine Eller and Bill Eller, Jr. and her sister Marie Johnson.
Gene is survived by her three sons; Richard Green and his wife Mary of Lake Texoma, OK, Mike Green and his wife Jamie of Katy, TX and Jim Green and his wife Lisa of San Antonio, her two daughters; Dorothy Owen and her husband Bill of Borger and Lorene Kolb and her husband Jerry of Lake Elsinore, CA
(Published by Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors, June 24, 2015)
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Contributed on 1/31/21 by neldapat
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