Booker T. Green, Jr.

Dea. Booker T. Green, Jr., was born the third child to Dea. Booker T. (Daisy) Green, Sr., on January 18, 1926, in Carlton, Alabama. His early years of growing up were spent in Carlton, Alabama where he worked the family's farm. As a lad, the family moved to Theodore, Alabama, where he began his education in the Mobile County Public School System.

Dea. Green was a veteran of WWII, serving in the 92nd Division of the Buffalo Soldiers, working as a Supply Coordinator; serving also in the Foreign War in France and Germany. Dea. Green was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. He was employed with Brookley Air Force base for 20 years and Hodges Funeral Chapel for 15 years, serving as the first manager of the Whispering Pines Cemetery. He was an insurance agent for the Booker T. Washington Company for several years.

Dea. Green became an entrepreneur and founded Green's Local and Long Distance Hauling, Green's Paint and Hardware and a B. L. P. Paint franchise for 23 years (on Davis Avenue, now known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave.) until he retired. He was a member of the Frontier International Civic Club and the Mobile Planning Board.

Dea. Green confessed Christ as his Savior in 1949 and was baptized by Rev. Dr. Boise B. Williams at St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church. While a member of St. Louis Street, he served in many capacities. With a deep love for his church and for singing, he was a member of the Senior Choir for 62 years, president for 20 years, 3 years as Chaplain, 5 years as Vice President and a member of the Male Chorus for 53 years and the B. B. Williams Herald Choir. Dea. Booker T. Green served as a Deacon for 45 years and 54 years as Chairman and 52 years as treasurer of his beloved Trustee Board for 54 years. He was also a member of the renowned Casher Philharmonic Choir and the president of the Mobile County Citizen League. He loved his community and his family.

Dea. Green was preceded in death by his parents: Dea. Booker T. (Daisy Barnes) Green Sr.; his wife, Mrs. Marie Beard Green, the mother of his children, Ms. Barbara Johnson; four sisters: Portia Green Taylor, Callie Green Freeman, Margaret Green Myles and Edna Green Smith. Five brothers: Charles Green, George Green, Sr., Lincoln Green, Sr., Ernest Green, Sr. and Thomas Green; two grandchildren: Quintez Johnson and Quincey Jones, Jr.

Dea. Green leaves to cherish his memories five children: a daughter, Yolanda (Dominique) Turner; four sons: Reginald Johnson, Christopher (Felecia) Johnson, Patrick (Lakeya Hale) Johnson and Kelvin Johnson. One sister-in-law, Pauline Smith Green; two brothers-in-law: Carl R. Freeman and Claiborne Smith. Fourteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and an abundant host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.