Lillie Green
August 24, 2015Share using:
Lillie Green, 87, of 141 Bonita Lane, Holly Hill, departed this life on Monday, August 24, 2015 at The Regional Medical Center, Orangeburg. Services will be held 1:00PM Saturday, August 29th at Greater Target AME Church, Holly Hill. The final resting place will be in Target-Bethel Cemetery, Holly Hill.
Lillie B. Green was born on November 23, 1927 to James and Mattie Hunt in Holly Hill, SC. She was reared by her aunt Mellie (Jimmy) James due to the passing of her mother at an early age. She departed this life on Monday, August 24, 2015 at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Lillie B. was united in holy matrimony to Saul Buster Green in 1946. To this union six children were born. Her husband as well as three children, Larry Green, Patricia A. Green, and Delores Green preceded her in death.
Lillie B. grew up in Holly Hill, SC and attended the public school there. She later moved to Brooklyn, NY where she worked until her retirement.
At an early age she accepted Christ and became a member of Target A. M. E. Church in Holly Hill, SC. Upon returning from Brooklyn, New York for more than 30 years she returned to Greater Target AME Church where she served as a Stewardess and sang on the Angelic Choir until her health failed.
Lillie B. was a loving, caring, and kind person who would help anyone in need. She was a hard working woman who taught her children and grandchildren the value of hard work, setting goals, and perseverance. She loved singing and would often sing hymns and gospel selections in the home.
Left to cherish her memories are: two sons, Charles (Maytha) Green and Saul Green, Jr. both of Holly Hill, SC; one daughter, Beverly Green of Queens, NY. She also leaves grandchildren, Clarissa Clark of Lexington, SC, Charles (Connie) Green of Columbia, SC, Saul Green, III of Queens, NY, Paul Green of Yonkers, NY, Rynesha Green of Holly Hill, SC, Chenita Green of Columbia, SC, Venette Green of Brooklyn, NY, Larry (Crystal) Green of Aiken, SC, Chanissa Green, and Crystal Green of Queens, NY. Additionally, she leaves one adopted sister, Viola White of Brooklyn, NY; three sisters-in-law, Mary Hunt of Holly Hill, SC, Evelyn Gillens, and Emma Broughton both of Eutawville, SC and a brother-in-law, Wendell Larrymore of Jamaica, NY; a devoted nephew, J. D. (Mary) Hunt of Holly Hill, SC as well as 14 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
