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June 22, 1924 –  December 14, 2015  Funeral Services for Dorothy Marie Green, 91, of Whitesboro, will be held Friday, December 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Flannagan officiating. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 17th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. She died Monday, December 14, 2015, at Wilson N. Jones Hospital, Sherman, Texas. Meador Funeral Home of Whitesboro, Texas is in charge of arrangements.She was born to Melvin Lee and Mable Clair (Bullock) Burnett on June 22, 1924, in Dallas, Texas. She married Augustus Bently Green, Jr. on June 12, 1944. They were married for 70 years before Gus’ death in 2014. Dorothy was a member of First Baptist Church for over 45 years. She loved to travel with the church groups, especially with her husband, Gus, who served with the Baptist Men of Texas, traveling throughout the world building churches and doing multiple projects for churches and missions. She loved to help her husband garden, supplying friends and needy throughout the community with fresh vegetables. She was a long time member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Pallbearers will be Bob Archer, Bart Watson, Randall Kimberlin, Preston Lawrence, David Knight and Randy Backlund. Honorary pallbearers will be Bart Lawrence and Travis Maynard. She is survived by her daughters, Cindy Lawrence and husband, Bart of Pottsboro and Carol Archer and husband, Bob of Whitesboro; 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin and Mable Burnett, husband, Gus” Green and sister, Mary Ellen Newsome.

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