Cecil & Joyce Green

Each came from humble beginnings and met as teenagers while socializing with friends and sisters. When Cecil went into the army, they knew right away that one couldn’t be without the other, and Cecil & Joyce were married on July 2, 1949 in Dallas, Texas. They raised three children together, Denise, Sheree, and Kelly. In order to provide for their family, Cecil & Joyce owned several family businesses. Joyce was the office administrator, while Cecil was the President. They owned Mechanical Erectors, Inc. in both Dallas and Austin. Mechanical Erectors was one of IBM’s major interior construction contractors when IBM moved from Austin to Kentucky in the late 60s. They specialized in conveyor systems. Cecil and Joyce also owned a large trucking company, Cecil Green Trucking in Pflugerville where he eventually retired in the early 80s.

Many of Cecil's fondest memories are on the golf links with friends and family including a trip to Scotland to the famous St. Andrews Old Course in Fife, Scotland. Cecil played golf up to his early 80s. Before discovering golf in the early 70s, Cecil played fast pitch softball from his teens to mid-40s. His children grew up on the softball fields at Samuell/Grand and travelling to other towns for tournaments.

Joyce loved to sing and dance. Well known in the family for her birthday calls every year singing in her sweet off-key way. She was a huge fan of Waylon Jennings, to which she named her last dog after. Both she and Cecil loved the little dog very much. Joyce never knew a stranger and everyone that met her loved her. When Denise recently commented to her mother about how people were always stopping her and talking or hugging her, her mother said “you know why?” “Because I talk to everyone.” And she did. Joyce was a fashionista. Dressed up each and every day whether she was going somewhere or not. Denise and Joyce were shopping buddies. In recent months, the big trips were to CVS where Joyce spent much time looking through the artificial fingernails that she loved to put on and wear. Many people would compliment her on her nails and she would light up with her sweet smile.

Cecil Green was called Home on August 2, 2016. Joyce Green followed soon after, on September 19, 2016. Cecil & Joyce were married for over 67 years.

They were greeted in Heaven by his mother, Beulah Green Lea, her parents, Richard & Thelma Brown; his sister Ida Green Decker, her sister, Kasia Alexander Seider, their daughter Sheree Green Robinson, her husband Jack Robinson; their son, Kelly Lee Green, and their beloved little dog, Waylon and their other two dogs who passed in the 1980s.

Their lives will continue to be honored and remembered by her sister, Sally Alexander Henry and her husband W.T. Henry, Cecil and Joyce’s daughter, Denise Green; Grandchildren: Kristi Motley Luckett and her husband James Luckett, Jr., son Jason Motley and his wife Laurie Dezern Motley, Kimberley Green Garza and her husband Saul DelAngel, Sandra Robinson Scott and her husband, Eddie Scott, and Terry Robinson. Great-grandchildren: Conner Motley, Landree Grace Motley, Whitney Luckett, Sophia Garza, and Tristian Kelly DelAngel; and Nieces and Nephews; Regina Decker, Russell Decker; Tyra Morgan, Laura Jo Pugh, Talmadge Henry, Jeff Seider, Felicia Seider, and Nicole Payne and their families; Best friends and running buddies, Larry and Linda Lea; Golfing buddies and friends in the Austin area, Bill Lynch and Pat Galle; and many more relatives, and close friends. The two will be missed tremendously.

The family would like to extend their great appreciation to the management and staff of Cambridge Court Assisted Living and Memory Care Facility in Mesquite, Texas in whose care Cecil and Joyce were in since last November. Everyone showed great love and compassion for them and had a huge impact on their life experience over the last several months. Thank you all. A special thank you for nurse, Rose Spencer, for sitting with Joyce after her passing until the family could arrive. Thank you to Joy, David, and Carol for all the help along the way. You guys are tremendous advocates for the elderly.

The family would also like to extend their appreciation to Cecil and Joyce’s realtor Philip Hobson for his help and assistance. Not only did he help them with the sale of their home, he coordinated moving, helped them with projects, and was a great friend to them. Joyce, especially, was very fond of Philip. Thank you.