Ms. Barbara Joe Green's Obituary
"I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when the day is done; for there are many happy memories that I leave behind."
Ms. Barbara Joe Green entered into Eternal Rest on August 19, 2021.
Her life will be celebrated on Saturday, August 28, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. in the Rose Chapel of Mabrie Memorial Mortuary. Visitation will be prior to service starting at 9:00 a.m.
In God’s care and cherishing her memory, she leaves her loving family and loyal friends.
THE LIFE BARBARA JOE GREEN
BORN NOVEMBER 19, 1939
WAS THE DAUGHTER OF RAYMOND AND COSTELLA (ENGLISH) GREEN
SHE…
GREW UP IN A LOVING HOME IN TYLER TEXAS
THEY LATER MOVED TO LANSING MICHIGAN
ATTENDED LANSING SCHOOL DISTRICT
GAVE BIRTH TO HER BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN:
RAYMOND L GREEN
RESHA K GREEN
SHE…
ATTENDED TRINITY AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WORKED AT SAINT LAWRENCE HOSPITAL
LATER A OBTAINED HER GED AT HER FORMER HIGH SCHOOL
IN 1990 WITH A RED SUITCASE FOR HERSELF AND HER DAUGHTER, ONE IN THE HANDS OF HER GRANDSON AND LARGE BLACK STORAGE TRUNK MOVED TO HOUSTON TEXAS TO BE CLOSE TO HER TEXAS FAMILY
FULL OF PRIDE BY TAKING ON ODD JOBS HELPING TO RAISE HER GRANDSON ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL AND COLLEGE
BARBARA…
FOUND TIME TO IMMERSE HERSELF IN HER CHRISTIAN FAITH ATTENDING AND BECOMING
A MEMBER AND A CHOIR SINGER AT LAKEWOOD CHURCH
A LOVER OF MOVIES, AVID READER AND THINKER, AND A LOVING SENSE OF HUMOR
SHE TOOK WHAT LITTLE SHE HAD TO GIVE TO THOSE SHE LOVED
PRIDEFUL, PROUD, GRACIOUS
SHE LIVED HER LIFE HER WAY REGARDLESS OF WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT OR WANTED FROM HER.
FROM THE EARTH SHE CAME AND BACK TO THE EARTH
HER PHYSICAL FORM RETURNS TRANSITIONING HER SPIRIT
SHE...
LEAVES BEHIND:
A DAUGHTER, RESHA GREEN
A SON, RAYMOND GREEN
A GRANDSON, DOMINIC GREEN
GRANDDAUGHTERS, ASHLEY JENKINS, BREANNA JENKINS, CHELSEA JENKINS
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, KAMEREN GREEN, KENDALL GREEN
AND MANY COUSINS
AS DEATH IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF HER NEW JOURNEY AS AN
ANCESTOR, A GUIDE, A OVERSEER,
RECONNECTING WITH HER AND OUR FAMILY THAT PRECEDED HER
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