Mrs. Jessie Pearl Green

Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Pearl Green, 89, of Beechgrove were held Saturday, September 12 at Manchester Funeral Home with Bro. Ken Thomas officiating. Burial was in Douglas & Green Cemetery with Manchester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Green died Thursday, September 10 at Harton Hospital in Tullahoma. She was a native of Coffee County and daughter of the late James Quincy Messick and Myrtle Brown Messick. She was a member of Beechgrove Church of Christ and was preceded in death by her husband, Earnest Cleveland Green; two sons, Roy Green and James Marlin Green; two brothers, Evans Messick and Arlin Messick and three grandchildren.

Survivors include five children: Joan (Brian) Dennis of Wartrace, Brenda (George) Lopozer of Millington, Joe (Michelle) Green of Beechgrove, Gary (Judy) Green of Manchester and Paul (Margaret Nell) Green of Lynchburg; three brothers: Barney Messick of Elkhart, IN, Ralph Messick of North Carolina and Jerry (Bud) Messick of Kansas City, MO; 20 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.

Cannon Courier, September 15, 2009 Woodbury, TN