by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 17, 1993 TAG: 9303170336 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
OBIT GREEN, CHARLES EDWARD JR.
GREEN, Charles Edward Jr., 80, died at his home near Lowry on March 15, 1993. Born in Petersburg August 17, 1912, he was the son of the late Rev. Charles Edward Green Sr. and Nannie Walker Morgan Green. He was educated at Randolph-Macon Academy, Randolph-Macon College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the Medical College of Virginia School of Pharmacy. During a career of over 50 years as a community pharmacist, Mr. Green also represented Bedford County in the Virginia House of Delegates, was a past president of the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association, and served on numerous state and local boards, including those of Central Virginia Community College, Dominion Bank, and Main Street United Methodist Church. He was for many years an instructor at the Virginia Model General Assembly, and will be remembered locally as a long-time master of ceremonies for Bedford's Christmas Basket Program. He was a member of Liberty Masonic Lodge #95 and the Kazim Shrine Temple. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ann Caldwell Green, and is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Markham Fowler Green; his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Green III; three grandchildren, Charles E. Green IV, Ann Wilton Green, William Wilson Green. A private family graveside service will be conducted Thursday, March 18 at 12:30 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford. A memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. at Main Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Carl H. Douglass Jr. and the Rev. Clayton C. Riggs officiating. The family will receive friends in the church parlor immediately after the service. The family requests that memorials be made to Bedford Christian Ministries, Main Street United Methodist Church Landscape Project Fund, or Timber Ridge Baptist Church. The family will be receiving guests at Mr. Green's home near Lowry and at his son's home in Bedford. Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford, is handling arrangements.