Verna Green

Verna Annette Green went to her Heavenly Home around 5 p.m. on January 10, 2011

following a short battle with Multiple Myeloma, a bone marrow cancer. She was gracious

and valiant to the end. Verna was born June 16,1993 in Clarendon, TX. She graduated

in 1950 from Crosbyton High School in Crosbyton Texas. She moved to San Angelo in

1953 where she met and married William “Bill” Thomas Green in 1964. They had one

daughter Teresa “Teri” Givens currently of Mckinney, TX.

Verna worked for GTE as an Administrative CLerk in the Revenue Accounting Dept. She

retired in 1991 after 39 years of service. Following her retirement she enjoyed several

years of traveling, visiting with family, and doing hand-work projects including needlepoint

and doll-making. She even won a ribbon for her Shirley Temple Doll at the San

Angelo Stock Show in 1999. She began volunteer work with Shannon Medical Center in

San Angelo in January of 1992 and served nineteen years as a hospital volunteer and logged 14,500 service hours in total. She was over the p.m. desk prior to her illness and worked as the service head Lobby Desk at Memorial Campus. The volunteers became an extended family and she found the work very rewarding. She was most proud of her grandchildren Carley,

Whitney, and Kieran whom she adored. She enjoyed visiting them as much as possible

and going to their events. She was known to them as “Granna”. They loved her visits

and stories of growing up on the farm. She had a special ability to keep in touch with the

ones she loved, friends, and family. She took an interest in nearly everyone everyone

she met and was always available with a listening ear.

We will all miss that very much. Most of all she was a Christian and tried to live each day as best she could for the Lord. She was a wonderful example to so many of us. Verna was preceeded in death by her husband Bill Green, parents Elna and John Fletcher, and a brother Dick Fletcher.

She is survived by her daughter Teri and son-in-law Scott Givens and grandchildren Carley,

Whitney, and Kieran Givens all of McKinney, TX. She is also survived by her brother Bill

and wife Vonda Fletcher if Bothel WA, sister Audene and husband Allan Abraham of

Victoria, TX, brother Ben and wife Linda Fletcher of Dripping Springs, TX, brother

Weldon and wife Nancy Fletcher of Mineral Wells, TX, and sister Edna Norman of

Mineral Wells, TX. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. She is also

survived by her beloved dog “Bud” of 14 years.

Visitation will be held Friday January 14 from 6-8 p.m. at Johnson’s funeral home in San Angelo, Tx. and services will be held at the Southgate Church of Christ on January 15 in San Angelo Tx at 1:30 p.m. Interment will follow at Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens. Arrangements are by Johnson’s Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Steve Sherrod of San Angelo, Rick Fletcher of Midland, Randy Brown of

Victoria, Andy Fletcher of McKinney, Chip Norman of Aledo, Judge Fletcher of Houston,

Darren Fletcher of Watauga, Darren Anderson of Lubbock, and Mark Zimmerman of

Round Rock.

Honorary Pall Bearers will be Grady OʼNeal of San Angelo and Kieran

Givens of McKinney.

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at johnsons-funeralhome.com.

Please make memorial donations to The Leukemia and

.