Obit of Green, Rhueben Whitfield - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 28 Mar 2010 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::NOT LISTED Surnames: Green, Clark, Brown, Henager, Coats Originally Posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.rogermills/8974/mb.ashx Rush Springs Gazette 22 Jan 2009 Rheuben Whitfield Green Funeral service was held at the First Baptist Church, Sterling, for Rheuben Whitfield Green, 91, of Rush Springs, on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Carlos Moreno officiating, under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, Walters. Burial was on the family property. Rheuben Whitfield Green was born to Robert Whitfield and Birdie Dee (Clark) Green in between Sayre and Cheyenne in Roger Mills County, on March 13, 1917 and departed this life in Rush Springs on January 15, 2009 at the age of 91 years, 10 months and two days. Rheuben grew up in western Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1942. He married Thelma Brown on February 22, 1942 in Norman. They served as foreign missionaries for International Crusades in South America for several years, he preached in most of the South America countries in both Spanish and Portuguese, including a Leper Colony in Brazil. He taught music at Temple High School in Temple, until he retired at the age of 72. He spent 56 years as a minister and retired from that at the age of 81. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Sterling. He enjoyed playing and teaching music, studying languages to include Spanish, Portuguese and German, and also enjoyed gardening. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Robert, Roy and Don; and four sisters, Geneva, Margie, Rheba and Leta Faye. Survivors include his wife Thelma Green of the home; a son, Rheuben Green and his wife Myong of Rush Springs; a daughter, Annette Henager of Rush Springs; a brother, Raymond Green of Haywood, Calif.; a sister, Cuba Jean Coats of Seminole; five grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html