Gilby L Green (1911 - 1998)

Born 30 Aug 1911 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Jan 1998 at age 86 in Boone, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Gilby was born in 1911. He is the son of Frank Green and Rushia Noel. He passed away in 1998.

Obituary

Mr. Greene, 86, of Florence, died Saturday morning in St. Luke Hospital West, Florence.

A native of Owen County, Mr. Greene had two separate careers, which for many years shared his attention: as an educator and as a council member and vice mayor of Florence.

He was a very effective member of council for many years. He was always a gentleman, said Florence Mayor Evelyn Kalb.

He was well thought of in the community. He was usually the No. 1 vote-getter in council elections, recalled former Florence Mayor C. M. [Hop] Ewing. He and Mr. Greene served together in city government for more than two decades, most of the time with the latter as his vice mayor, said Ewing.

He went to school at Eastern Kentucky, and started out in a one-room school in Owen County. He taught in Florence for a couple of years and then was at Dixie Heights High School for about 20 years, said Mr. Greene's brother, R. N. Greene.

Mr. Greene is probably best recalled at Dixie Heights as an algebra teacher, his brother said. Mr. Greene later was principal of Park Hills Elementary School and Turkey Foot Junior High School before he retired years ago.

Mr. Greene was a past president of Florence Rotary and a member of the Kentucky and Northern Kentucky education associations. He was a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Florence Baptist Church.

Mr. Greene's wife, Rose L. Greene, died in 1997.

Other survivors include daughters, Jane Piercefield of Villa Hills and JaNelle LoPresti of Taylor Mill; a son, Gary Greene of West Bloomfield, Mich.; a brother, Woodrow Greene of Walton; sisters, Helen Lowrance of Frankfort and Geneva Phillips of Erlanger; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Florence Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 tonight at Stith Funeral Home, Florence. Entombment will be in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Erlanger. Memorials are suggested to the church, 283 Main St., Florence, Ky. 41042; or the American Heart Association, 1885 Dixie Highway, Suite 250, Ft. Wright, Ky. 41011.

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• John Willhoite (1745-1837) and His Descendants in Kentucky and Elsewhere Author: Earl and Leona Willhoite
• Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP7-M9J : accessed 9 January 2018), Gilby Green in household of Frank Green, Sparta, Owen, Kentucky, United States; citing ED 132, sheet 13B, line 93, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 594; FHL microfilm 1,820,594.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFF-MWC : accessed 9 January 2018), Gilby Greene in household of F H Greene, Sparta, Owen, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 1B, line 98, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 772; FHL microfilm 2,340,507.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7RB-LZ6 : accessed 9 January 2018), Gilby Green, Magisterial District 4, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-5, sheet 3A, line 19, family 55, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1308.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K5F2-76S : 22 May 2014), Gilby L Greene, Residence, Florence, Kentucky, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC9-5SH2 : 1 July 2015), Gilby L Greene, 1998; citing Death, Boone, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLQZ-1TL : 20 May 2014), Gilby L Greene, 03 Jan 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #180856632