1944
David
2011
David Leonard Green
November 7, 1944 — May 3, 2011
David Green
1944—2011
David Leonard Green, resident of the Somerville Community, U.S. Navy Veteran and retired trucking operator passed away peacefully at his home in Maplewood Village on May 2, 2011. He was 66 years of age and died following an extended illness.
Services of Remembrance with Military Honors for Mr. Green were conducted at 2 PM Thursday, May 5
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at the Peebles Main Funeral Chapel in Somerville with Rev. Walter German of Jackson, TN, retired minister of the Somerville First United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment followed in the Somerville City Cemetery.
Mr. Green was born in Somerville on November 7, 1944. He was the son of the late Ethel Thompson Green and the late George David Green who served as Fayette County Register for many years before his retirement.
David was a member of First United Methodist Church and attended Fayette County High School. After his service in the Navy, Mr. Green had an interesting and variety of vocations. He was station manager and country music disk jockey for WBLK in Blakely, GA and also for WKRP in Dallas, GA. He was terminal manager and dispatcher of the road crews for Jasper Construction Company in Atlanta. He was a truck driver for Southern Scrap Metal in Houma, LA for 20 years and retired in 2007. He came home to Somerville in 2008 to be closer to his family (Dianne and I did some creative talking to convince him he really did want to be closer to us).
David is survived by his sister: Peggy Green Brightwell of Bartlett, TN and her son, Jeff of Memphis; his nieces: Cynthia Dianne Pruitt of Memphis, Sheryl Pruitt Miller (Charlie) and their children, Cory and Amanda of Horn Lake, MS. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by his brother, Joe Lebert Green and his sister, Dianne Green Pruitt.
The family requests that memorials be directed to the
First United Methodist Church, 202 S. East Street, Somerville, TN 38068.
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