Helen Faye Brinkley Green (1920-2020)

Helen Faye Brinkley Green

Birth

27 Aug 1920

Leonard, Fannin County, Texas, USA

Death

4 Oct 2020 (aged 100)

Denison, Grayson County, Texas, USA

Burial

Leonard Cemetery

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Helen Fay Brinkley Green was born to Reece Brinkley and Martha Driggers Brinkley on August 27, 1920 in the Grove Hill Community in Fannin County. She passed away October 4th at TMC
in Denison, Texas. Helen was the 9th child in a family of 10 children. She attended Grove Hill schools thru eighth grade, and then transferred to Bailey High School. She felt as if she had gone to a large city when enrolled at school in Bailey. She enjoyed playing high school basketball, especially riding the bus to the away games. Helen graduated in 1939.
Helen married E. B. "Cotton" Green on October 13, 1940. They had three children, six grand
children and eleven great grandchildren.
Helen was a long time member of the Leonard Assembly of God Church. She loved her family,
church family and many wonderful friends. She was a very friendly person who could carry on a conversation with anyone. She loved working in her flower bed, and a vegetable garden when she was younger. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, son Boyd Green, son Don Green, daughter -in-law Ruby Green, and son-in-law Wayne Flanagan.
She is survived by her daughter, Kay Flanagan of Leonard and daughter-in-law Elaine Green of
Euless. Grandchildren :Sondra (Barry) Crowley of Colleyville, Charles Green of Pottsboro, Bryan
(Lisa) Green of Bonitas Springs, FL, Lavonna (Marty) Mitchell, Craig (Christy) Flanagan, Amber
(Joseph) Johnson all of Leonard. Helen was a very special lady, and we were blessed to have had her for 100 years. The family would like to thank Dr. Robin Kent and staff, TMC staff, Heart to Heart Hospice, and TJM staff for their kindness. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ, P O Box 736 Leonard, TX, ATT: Africa Missions. These funds will go to support an orphanage in Ndhiwa.
Visitation is scheduled for 10:00 AM, Wednesday October, 7, 2020
Funeral Services will be held 11:00 Am, Wednesday, October 7, 2020
At Turrentine Jackson Morrow Funeral Home, Leonard, Texas
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