MR. LAVERN GREEN

Funeral services for Mr. Lavern Green will be held at 2:30 PM Monday, December 30, 2024, at John E. Stephens Chapel with interment in Longino Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 PM - 2:30 PM Monday, December 30, 2024, at John E. Stephens Chapel. Mr. Lavern Green, 85, passed away in his home surrounded by family on December 26, 2024. He was a faithful husband, loving father, grandfather, great grandfather, and loyal friend. He committed his life to Christ as a young man and never looked back. If you ever knew him, you knew about his commitment because he never missed an opportunity to share is faith and purpose. He mentored many young men through the years teaching them about his two greatest passions; living a committed life for Christ and hunting. Lavern was raised in the Longino community then lived in Vicksburg, MS for 27 years where he and his wife reared their three daughters. He worked those 27 years at Westinghouse Lighting Corp. moving up from assembly worker through many levels of management until he retired at the age of 45. His great joy was being able to return to Philadelphia in 1984 where he thrived as a cattle farmer, worked with his wife in the antique business and served as a Sunday School teacher and deacon, first at Madden Baptist Church and then at Neshoba Baptist Church for the past 30 years. He was an avid sportsman, loving deer hunting, fishing and most of all turkey hunting. He loved to garden as well. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl L. (Bill) Green and Edna Luke Green and brother Virgil Green. Lavern is survived by his wife of 65 years, Nell Watkins Green; his daughters, LaNell Tew (Ricky) of Philadelphia, Jacqueline Mills of Newton, and Tammy Glass (Darren) of Linden, AL, plus his five grandchildren, Matthew Smith, Lesley Harris (Charlie), Taylor Glass, Clayton Glass (Brooke) and Benjamin Mills; beloved great-grandchildren, Gideon, Audrey, Clifford, Judah, Eden, Sam, Aubrey and Win plus numerous nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his sister, Edna Morgan, of Florence, MS. His funeral was conducted by John E. Stephen Chapel Funeral Home and he was interred at Longino Baptist Church Cemetery. Officiants were Dr. Johnny Collins and Rev. Byron Howell. Pallbearers were grandsons Matthew Smith, Taylor Glass, Clayton Glass, and Ben Mills plus Charlie Harris, husband to granddaughter Lesley, along with special friends Bert Turcotte and Billy Thaggard. Honorary pallbearers were friends John Triplett, RL Goforth, Jimmy Darby, Neil Barnes, Randy Thomas, Jerry Russell, Stanley Walker, Jimmy Miller, Gene Glen, Aaron Waddell, Rob Matson, Charles Roberts, and Duane Stagg. The family could not have managed this journey without the assistance and support of Quality Hospice.

MR. LAVERN GREEN

September 1, 1939 - December 26, 2024