Calvin Addison Green III

2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis.

He was born on September 16, 1941 in Columbia, South Carolina to

the late Calvin Addison Green, Jr. and Annie Laurie Hutchison Green.

He graduated from Dreher High School in 1959 and joined the Navy

where he served as a Hurricane Hunter in Puerto Rico. In 1964, he

began his career with the FAA in Miami, later transferring to Nashville,

and ultimately settling in Memphis in 1968 as an Air Traffic Controller.

He retired as ATC Supervisor at Memphis Tower in 2002.

Mr. Green was a faithful and active member of Temple Baptist Church

in Olive Branch, Mississippi. He enjoyed Memphis Tigers sports and

spending time with his family and friends. He had a deep love for

gospel music and spent many years singing in a quartet, sharing his

faith and joy through song. He was a gifted handyman who loved to

take on projects for anyone who needed it, always finding joy in

fixing, building, and learning new skills.

Mr. Green is preceded in death by his brother William D. Greene

(Jean) of Little Mountain, South Carolina. He is survived by his wife of

63 years, Sylvia Williams Green; sons, Steven Craig (Kathy) Green of

Olive Branch, Mississippi, and David Scott (Libby) Green of

Collierville, Tennessee; brothers, Richard T. (Debbie) Boswell of

Brookhaven, Georgia and Robert L. (Cele) Boswell of Eutawville,

South Carolina; grandchildren Morgan Green, Savannah Green,

Addison Green, Brantley (Jane Bradford) Green, Bailey (Brian)

Cannon, Brayden (Kelsey) Green, and Bryson Green.

The family will receive friends for a time of visitation at Memphis

Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens on Monday, June 2, 2025 from

6pm-8pm. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at

10am at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens. Burial will

follow at Big Creek Cemetery in Millington, Tennessee.

Memorials can be sent to Temple Baptist Church, 8432 Germantown

Road, Olive Branch, Mississippi 38654.