Greenbrier County WV Archives Obituaries.....Green, James John ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Louise Perkins , September 20, 1998 JAMES JOHN GREEN Mr. James J. Green of Ronceverte, WV, who passed away Monday, August 7, (1944) at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. C. Baker, of East Ronceverte, was born in Rockbridge County, VA, April 8, 1857 and moved to Ronceverte when a very small boy. He was twice married, the first time to Margaret A. Honaker, who passed away in May 1922. A few years later he married Mrs. Henrietta (Bare) Ganoe. She died in February 1942. Mr. Green was well known in Ronceverte as he was section foreman on the L & R Railroad for many years and later was in charge of the Ronceverte stock yards. He joined the Presbyterian Church when a boy and lived an active life until the time of his death. He is survived by three children, Mrs. Neta Arritt, of Covington, VA, Mrs. A. C. Baker and Virgil Green of Ronceverte, and one sister, Mrs. Bertie O’ Dell of Beaver, WV. Also ten grandchildren. Funeral services were held Aug. 9, at 2:30 at the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. George Curry, of the Methodist Church. Active pallbearers were John Arritt, Paul Baker, Leon Baker, Edward Green, Frank Garner and Teddy Holliday. Those from out of town attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. John Parker of Huntington, WV; Mrs. Homer Phillips and son of Charleston; Mrs. Nellie Harnest and daughter, Florence, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Cheetham of Hinton; Mrs. Clara Shanklin, Mrs. Viola Reynolds and Mrs. Madaline Sullivan of Caldwell, Mrs. Elva Luchard and children, Mrs. and Mrs. John Arritt and son of Covington; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Daniels, of Winston Salem, NC; Basil Baker, of Portsmouth; Mrs. O. B. Crawford and son, Mrs. A. C. Collins and daughters and Paul Baker, U. S. N. all of Norfolk. OBIT: James J. Green, 88, one of Ronceverte's pioneer citizens, died Monday, Aug. 7, 1944, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Clyde Baker, in East Ronceverte. Mr. Green was one of the last surviving men who were identified with the extensive lumber operations here beginning in the early eighties of the last century and continuing into the present century about a decade. He was familiar with the logging on the Greenbrier River which at one time and for years made it a navigable stream, and from stump to finished lumber was skilled in woodcraft. He is survived by two daughters and one son. They are Mrs. Baker with whom he had lived since the death of his second wife several years ago, Mrs. N. M. Arritt of Covington, VA and Virgil Green, all of Ronceverte; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Presbyterian Church of which he was a faithful member. In the absence on vacation of his pastor, Rev. George M. Curry, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, conducted the service. Burial was in Riverview cemetery by the Kramer mortuary. -------------------- Mr. James J. Green, 88 years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clyde Baker. Mr. James J. Green, 88 years old, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clyde Baker, of Ronceverte, early Monday morning. He is survived by Mrs. Clyde Baker, Mrs. N. M. Arritt of Covington, and Mr. Virgil Green of Ronceverte, ten grand-children and ten great grandchildren. Final Rites for Mr. Green: Funeral services were held this Wednesday afternoon for James J. Green, a resident of Ronceverte for fifty years, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clyde Baker, on Monday afternoon at the age of 87 years and 4 months. His wife died fifteen years ago. He was born in Virginia and on coming to Ronceverte, he at first worked for the St. Lawrence Boom and Lumber Company, and later was section foreman for the L. & R. Railway Company until that road was abandoned. Besides the daughter named, he is survived by a son, Virgil, of Ronceverte, and a daughter, Mrs. Mary Arritt of Covington, VA.