Mary Green

IN OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD'S COMMAND , AN ANGEL DECENDED FROM HEAVEN AND ARRIVED IN VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA ON DECEMBER 22, 1933 AND BLESSED JOHN GREEN AND RITHA LEBLANC WITH A BABY GIRL WHOM THEY NAMED MARY GREEN. MARY WAS THE OLDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO JOHN AND RITHA. SHE ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN VILLE PLATTE, LOUISIANA BUT HAD TO FOREGO HER EDUCATION TO HELP WITH THE FAMILY. IN 1952 SHE MARRIED VICTOR GREEN AND TO THIS UNION FIVE CHILDREN WERE BORN,(PATRICIA, JUDY, SANDRA, AND ELVEE), AND ONE OF WHOM PRECEDED HER IN DEATH(MICHAEL). SHE CAME TO CHRIST AND WAS BAPTIZED AT AN EARLY AGE. MARY WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH(HOUSTON,TEXAS),WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR,UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE PASTOR GRANT WHITE. SHE MOVED HER MEMBERSHIP TO FONTAINE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH(HOUSTON,TEXAS) UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR JOHN HENRY BROWN. LATER SHE MOVED HER MEMBERSHIP TO LITTLE ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH(HOUSTON,TEXAS) UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PASTOR C.E. JENKINS,WHERE SHE ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE CHOIR. SHE SERVED THERE FAITHFULLY UNTIL THE LORD'S CALLING ON THE LIFE OF HER SON IN LAW,REV. ERIC WILSON,SR. TO ORGANIZE THE SPRING ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH(SPRING, TEXAS), WHERE SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER AND CHURCH MOTHER EMERITUS, UNTIL HER HEALTH PREVENTED HER FROM ATTENDING. WITH HER QUIET DEMEANOR, MARY TOUCHED THE LIVES OF EVERYONE WHO KNEW HER AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH HER. SHE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE AND A GOOD MEAL TO ANYONE THAT WAS IN NEED. SHE HAD A SOUND WORK ETHIC THAT NEVER WAVERED AND HAD EVEN CONTINUED WORKING WELL IN TO HER "GOLDEN YEARS". HER HEALTH FAILING WAS THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT HER FROM CONTINUING THAT WORK ETHIC. MARY WAS A GENEROUS AND WARM HEARTED WOMAN. THE LORD BLESSED HER WITH HANDS TO MAKE A LITTLE GO A LONG WAY. SHE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES;(3)SIBLINGS;ELNORA PLUMBAR(LAKE CHARLES,LA),MARTHA BROWN(HOUSTON,TEXAS), WILDA CAMPBELL(HOUSTON,TEXAS).(4) CHILDREN;PATRICIA(ERIC SR.)WILSON, JUDY(ALVIS)HOOPER, SANDRA(ARTIST)CURVEY,ELVEE(JACQUELINE)GREEN;(8)GRANDCHILDREN, SHONTINA(KENNETH)WILLIAMS, SHINIKA(JULIAN)HAIGOOD, DANTE' GREEN, ERIC WILSON II,KELLI GREEN,NICHELLE GREEN, RACHEL GREEN,TAYLOR CURVEY;(8)GREAT-GRANDCHILDEN,ERICA,SHANNON,TATIANA, COLEY, ASHLYN, KYNEDI, CAYLA(TWIN), CHASE. A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. Sis. Mary Green, after living a loving and respectful life, surrended to her final call and fell gently to sleep Wednesday, January 12, 2012, at approximately 3:35. She's the mother of Patricia (Rev. Eric) Wilson, Judy (Alvis) Hooper, Sandra (Rev. Artist) Curvey, and Elvee (Jackie) Green. She is a proud member of the Spring Antioch Baptist Church where she served as the Church Mother Emeritus and was a resident of Houston for over 55 years, being a native of Ville Platte La. Shje is extremely well known in the baptist christian community of Houston and well loved by many>