Obituaries:  Dr. Green Strother, Sabine Parish       S-363
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 23, 1981
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Dr. Green Strother

  Funeral services for Dr. Green Strother, were held Monday, July
13, in Seneca, South Carolina. Dr. Strother died Sunday, July 12,
of a heart attack. He was 89.

  A native of Sabine Parish, Dr. Strother taught at Oak Grove High
School near Converse, for a number of years, and coached the ball
teams.

  He was a retired Southern Baptist missionary to China and
Malaya. A graduate of Louisiana College, he held a PhD degree
from New Orleans Seminary.

  Survivors include his sons, Dr. Joe Strother, head of La. Tech's
School of Art and Architecture, and G. W. Strother Jr. of
Brazoria, Tex.; two daughters, Miriam Gordon of Doylestown,
Penn., and Joyce Carpenter of Seneca, S. C.; one sister, Nellie
Strother of Shreveport; nine grandchildren; and three great
grandchildren.

  He was preceded in death by his wife.

  Over the years Dr. Strother had authored several books.