Hunt Co., TX - Biography: Eighty-Four Years a Texan
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Eighty-Four Years a Texan. . .And Proud of It by Edna Robson (Staff Writer)
    "I could tell you a lot about Hunt County in the last fifty years, if I was
to start," says Sherman P. Green, 2803 Wellington.  And, as a native Hunt
Countian, he can. . .for he's celebrating his 84th birthday anniversary
Thursday.
    Energetic and extremely interested in life, Mr. Green can talk of the past,
but he'd rather tell you about his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and
their many antics.
    Born in White Rock in 1873, he is the son of the late Frank Green and Lyna
Oaks Green, who came from Alabama to farm Texas land.  "I'm proud of Texas,"
Mr. Green will add.
    On January 20, 1898, Mr. Green and Eva Ross, also a native Hunt Countian,
were married in this county.  She died April 2, 1954.
    "We reared seven children," he's proud to relate, and he's equally proud of
his grandson, Sherman Ray Green of Waco, whom they also reared.
    A farmer and trader of the White Rock area, he was active in the affairs of
the community.  He's a former member of the school board there and helped build
the school.
    "I ran a store in White Rock for two years and I bought and sold stock for
twenty years," the peppy gentleman recalls.  "Why I've ridden a horse a million
miles, I'll bet," he added with a twinkle in his eye.
    His daily trips to town now are made by bus and auto, however.  And these
trips are instrumental in keeping him abreast of current affairs.
    Added to this in The Herald Banner, "Why, I've taken The Banner always,"
Mr. Green says.
    When it comes to politics, he's quick to tell you where he stands.  "I've
been a Democrat all my life and I'm too old to change," Mr. Green states
emphatically.  "Why, Sam Rayburn told me once that I was one of the best
Democrats Texas ever had."
    But Mr. Green refuses to let political affiliation interfere with long time
friendships.
    He's a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the Wesley Methodist
Church.
    Mr. Green's birthday is being celebrated all week and one of the highlights
of the period will be a visit to his youngest grandchild, Denise Green,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Green, who was born January 3rd.
    The four sons and three daughters of the family include Austin Green of
Greenville, Glen Green of Fort Worth, Burl Green of Temple, and Raymond Green
of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Floy Williamson with whom he makes his home, Mrs.
Stapleton , also of Greenville, and Mrs. Eugene Moss of rural Greenville at RR
1, Celeste.
    He has eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
    Members of the family honored Mr. Green at a dinner Sunday, January 6th, in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Moss on the Wolfe City highway.
    Attending the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Andy Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Moss and children, Mr. and Mrs. Worley Stapleton, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Chapman,
Austin; James Stapleton, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Morris Green and daughter, Fort
Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Ray Green and children, Waco; Mr. and Mrs. Burl
Green, Temple, Austin Green and children, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Green, Campbell,
Mrs. Pete Hudson, Celeste, Mrs. C. A. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ross and
children, and Mrs. M. F. Green.
    R. C. Green and family, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Austin Green, who is in a
local hospital, were unable to attend the dinner.
    Events of the past are recalled by Sherman P. Green, lifelong resident of
Hunt County who celebrates his 84th birthday anniversary Thursday.  Dates are
readily recalled by the active gentleman, who allows himself two cigars a day.
(Staff Photo by Edna Robson)  (January 9, 1957, The Greenville Herald Banner)
    Never Too Old--Young sprouts of fifty or sixty years of age who are "too
tired" to make the trip to the polls could take a lesson from S. P. Green of
2803 Wellington.  Mr. Green, 92 years old and who has voted in the past seventy
elections, was out bright and early Saturday morning casting his ballot in Box
21 here in the Democratic primary.
(May 3, 1963, The Greenville Herald Banner) (Not sure who took the picture)
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